Industrial organizational psychology

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Class 4. In-Class Activity Sheet

Activity A: Adverse Impact

In a company, 200 males and 45 females applied for a job. After screening, 40 males and 6 females were selected.  Is there evidence of adverse impact?

  1. Selection Ratio (SR) of minorities:
  2. Selection Ratio (SR) of non-minorities:
  3. Minority SR / Non-minority SR:
  4. The adverse impact ratio is:

Activity B: Discussion

  1. Which one is worse, a false negative or a false positive?
  2. Which situations should we especially try to reduce false positive decisions?
  3. Which situations should we especially try to reduce false negative decisions?

Activity C: Exit Ticket

Let’s think more about affirmative action. The difference between equal opportunity and affirmative action policies is that equal opportunity pledges nondiscrimination, whereas affirmative action involves an effort to level the playing field.

  1. Based on Chapter 5 and today’s class, write down what affirmative action is using your own words (do not copy/paste)
  2. Can affirmative action be a form of reverse discrimination? Why or why not?
  3. Do you support affirmative action? Why or why not?

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