Coursework on Reliability and validity
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Running head: Important Factors to Be Considered in Job Selection Process Important Factors to Be Considered in Job Selection Process [Writers name] [University/ college] Important Factors to Be Considered In Job Selection Process Validity and reliability both are important factors for job analysis and job selection. Validity has lot of different meanings in the views of authors all around the world. Its not just one fixed perception. It is a very argumentative topic in the fields of educational and social research. So, we need to ponder on the different meanings regarding "validity". One renowned and cited one is: "An account is valid or true if it represents accurately those features of the phenomena, that it is intended to describe, explain or theories" (Hamersley in 1987) (1) Another one states: "Are we measuring what we think we are?" (Kerlinger in page 444-445 in 1964). (2) It means that does the means of the assessment actually is...

