Sebastian is concerned about his most recent hires at Anderson Brothers Company.He believed that by basing his selection on job-knowledge tests administered during the interview,he would have few problems with inept hires and would find the best employee for each position.He has found though,that the eight employees who were hired during the last hiring period each have had complaints about lack of competence and job knowledge.This most likely indicates that the tests lack:
A) reliability.
B) internal validity.
C) external validity.
D) predictive validity.

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The fact that the hired employees are not performing well despite scoring well on job-knowledge tests indicates that the tests lack predictive validity. Predictive validity is the extent to which a test is able to predict future performance on a particular job or task.

Sebastian Is Concerned About His Most Recent Hires at Anderson