Suppose that a newly formed private security agency contracts with you to develop a pre-employment assessment protocol for screening applicants for the position of security guard. Using the suggested resources and other scholarly sources such as the Mental Measurements Yearbook Database, write a paper describing the assessment process and test battery you would recommend for use by this agency. Include the following in your analysis:

• Explain the role of employee selection tests in the process of hiring for a position such as the security guard job in this scenario.
• Provide a rationale for using or not using personality tests as part of your employee selection battery.
• Describe what other standardized or nonstandardized assessment methods would you use.
• Define the psychometric properties (reliability, validity, and norms) of the assessment methods you have selected.
• Describe the types of validity evidence you would collect for your employee selection methods.
• Explain the relevant APA ethical principles that must be considered when developing your employee selection battery.
• Formulate a plan—including specific steps you would take—to adhere to the APA ethical principles.

Additional Requirements

• APA formatting: Your paper must be formatted according to APA (6th edition) style and formatting, including the following:
  • Include a title page and reference list.
  • Use Times New Roman, 12-point font.
  • APA expectations for scholarly writing include the use of third-person narrative, unless it is awkward to do so. However, because you are talking about yourself in this paper, you may write in the first person.
• Resources: Your reference materials may be sourced from the suggested resources as well as your own research in the scholarly literature of the field.
• Document format: Submit your paper as a Word document.
• Length: Your assessment should be 6–8 typed, double-spaced pages in length. (The length excludes the title page and reference list.)

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Competency 1: Demonstrate comprehension of the terminology, principles, statistical concepts, and psychometric features related to the construction and application of psychological tests.

• Apply statistical concepts and psychometric methods in the evaluation of employee selection tests.

Competency 2: Analyze key psychometric properties related to tests and measurement, with an emphasis on reliability and validity.

• Evaluate the reliability and validity of employee selection tests.

Competency 3: Evaluate the properties, techniques, and applications used in psychological evaluation.

• Explain the role of employee selection tests in business and industry.

Competency 4: Evaluate the legal, ethical, and professional issues related to test usage.

• Apply APA principles related to employee selection tests in business and industry.
• Develop an employee assessment plan that adheres to relevant APA ethical principles.

Competency 7: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the psychological profession.

• Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the psychological profession.

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