______________ allow researchers to determine which personality traits or cognitive abilities correlate with job performance
A) Validation studies
B) Job analyses
C) Job simulations
D) Performance appraisals
Answer: A
Rationale: In validation studies, 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.
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