The reliability of job evaluation rankings

Abstract

To determine the reliability of job evaluation ratings, 10 trained analysts ranked 27 jobs on 9 factors, using job descriptions. Of the 90 coefficients giving the correlation of the rankings of an analyst on a factor with the median rankings for the factor, 49 exceeded .90; 26 ranged from .80 to .89; 12, from .70 to .79; and the remainder were .69, .66, and .25. The 3 lowest correlations were all for the "Attention" factor. The analysts believed that all of the factors were applicable to every job studied, and that the wide rank-ranges for some jobs were caused by lack of adequate information or personal biases. A table of intercorrelations provides an indication of the factor overlapping. 9 references. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)