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Acronyms and Glossary

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Interservice Procedures for Instructional Systems Development :
Acronyms and Glossary (continued)
by Robert K. Branson, Gail T. Rayner and J. Lamarr Cox

GLOSSARY (continued...)

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JOB: The duties and tasks performed by a single worker constitute his job. If identical duties and tasks are performed by several individuals, they all hold the same job. The job is the basic unit used in carrying out the personnel actions of selection, training, classification, and assignment.

JOB ANALYSIS: The basic method used to obtain a detailed listings of duties, tasks, and elements necessary to perform a clearly defined, specific job, involving observations of workers and conversations with those who know the job, in order to describe in detail the work involved, including conditions and standards.

JOB FIDELITY: The degree to which a testing situation truthfully and accurately reflects the job situation.

JOB PERFORMANCE MEASURES: Tests that are used to evaluate proficiency of a job holder on each task he performs.

JOB PERFORMANCE TEST: Test used to determine whether or how well an individual can perform a job. In may include either all of the job performance measures for a particular job or a subset of the job performance measures.

JPA (JOB PERFORMANCE AID): A checklist, instruction sheet, or other device that offer? a possible alternative to training rather than an actual method of training; they are developed to eliminate or minimize training requirements for some tasks.

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