Communication Studies Argument & Debate

Identify the goals you set for yourself for the course Communication studies argument & debate?  Do you feel as if you have acheived them?  Why or why not?    

In your own words, explain what critical thinking means to you.  How has that explanation changed over the course of the term?

Do you believe you will change the way you advocate now?  If so, how so & why?  

Discussion 2: Evaluating Test Outcomes

 

Evaluating Test Outcomes

Test use in an organization can have both positive and negative outcomes. A test can help an organization to make better hiring, promotion, and placement decisions, but testing can also lead to negative consequences, including incorrect selection, overemphasis of tested characteristics, and an undesirable level of employee uniformity.

Many of the unintended consequences of testing occur because tests are less than perfect instruments. Test use can produce both false positives and false negatives. For instance, test results might lead to selection of an unqualified applicant or rejection of someone who would perform well at a job.

Tests also can have biases, with at least part of the score attributable to factors that have little to do with the prediction of job performance. Some people may be good at figuring out the right answers on a test, but their skill at test taking may not translate into superior job performance. Cultural differences, language differences, and disabilities may negatively affect test scores without representing actual job-related deficits.

Even if it were possible to find a test that selects individuals perfectly, overuse of a test for personnel selection could lead to homogeneity in the workforce and reduce the diversity and balance that potentially generates creativity and enhances the organizational culture.

Finally, there is a possibility for tests to take on a life of their own, with favorable test performance becoming a more important goal than work performance. This overemphasis on testing can lead to cheating, faking, and a focus on factors measured by tests to the exclusion of other more relevant job goals.

Taking these considerations into account, think about how you would evaluate the outcomes of test use in organizations.

With these thoughts in mind:

Post by Day 4 a description of how you would evaluate the intended and unintended outcomes of test use in an organization. Explain what you would expect to find.

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After reading the attached article,  your job is to provide a very brief summary, analysis, and evaluation. We can define these important concepts as follows:

  • Summary- A formal, logical, consistent way of highlighting the main points.
    • Purpose:
      • In school – to quickly and accurately describe something you have read
      • In professional life – to provide a faster-to-read version of the material to other readers
      • In personal life – to reflect as accurately as possible on people, events, and one’s memories of them.
  • Analysis- A taking apart of something to show its parts or pieces, often using a special system, theory, or set of theories.
    • Purpose:
      • In school – to think more about a subject and/or to apply the methods of an academic discipline to a specific text
      • In professional life – to apply a system or idea to a specific situation so that others understand how to use something
      • In personal life – to examine one’s own thoughts, actions, and motives logically and consistently from a variety of perspectives.
  • Evaluation- A judgment of the value of a text to society or the quality of the way it is argued or organized.
    • Purpose:
      • In school – to show how well or poorly something has been done, or its effects on others beyond its main ideas
      • In professional life – to help decide who to hire, how well people are doing, and the quality and style of your own work
      • In personal life – to look not so much at the contents of one’s own thinking and acting, but rather at the quality and value of that thinking and acting.

Each response should be no less than 500 words and no more than 750 words. You should provide in-text citations (APA style) and a reference page (APA style).

Public Service Announcement Text

Create and post Public Service Announcement about Ocean Pollution issue that you feel passionate about advocating for.  Please be sure to cite your 3 academic sources in your text postings.  

The P.S.A. should be a creative piece that advocates pro/con on a 

particular issue that you feel passionate communicating to an audience.  

A PSA should include a hook, essentially something to grab the listener or 

viewer’s attention. … In the same style as key message development, keep your PSA clear, complete, concise and correct. PSAs should also answer the 

5Ws who, what, where, when and why.