In _______________, researchers administer tests to a large sample of incumbents and evaluate their performance to find correlations between job performance and personality traits or cognitive abilities
A) validation studies
B) performance appraisals
C) job simulations
D) job analyses
Answer: A
Rationale: Validation studies involve a researcher administering tests to a large sample of incumbents and evaluating their performance to find correlations between job performance and personality traits or cognitive abilities.
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