Westside Elementary School received a number of applications for a teaching position. The school wants to increase the diversity of its staff, who are mostly white females. The top two applicants were both white females, but a Hispanic female and an African-American male were almost ranked as highly, with all four showing very close scores. The school decided to hire the Hispanic female. They were making their selection decision based on
A) banding.
B) alternate-form reliability.
C) construct validity.
D) screening.
E) discriminatory testing.

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The school's decision to hire the Hispanic female based on the goal of increasing the diversity of its staff suggests they used the banding method in their selection decision. Banding groups candidates together based on a range of scores rather than specific scores, allowing for more flexibility in selecting candidates and potentially increasing diversity.

Westside Elementary School Received a Number of Applications for a Teaching