Situational Judgment Tests: From Measures of Situational Judgment to Measures of General Domain Knowledge

How "situational" is judgment in situational judgment tests?

Whereas situational judgment tests (SJTs) have traditionally been conceptualized as low-fidelity simulations with an emphasis on contextualized situation descriptions and context-dependent knowledge, a recent perspective views SJTs as measures of more general domain (context-independent) knowledge. In the current research, we contrasted these 2 perspectives in 3 studies by removing the situatio...

Measuring General Aviation Pilot Judgment Using a Situational Judgment Technique

This paper reports on 2 studies that were conducted to develop and to evaluate a situational judgment test (SJT) for general aviation (GA) pilots. An initial 51-item test was constructed in which each item described an in-flight situation that required a decision on the part of the pilot and 4 alternative solutions to the situation. Subject matter experts were used to generate a scoring key fro...

An Evaluation of the Construct Validity of Situational Judgment Tests

Situational judgment tests: a review of recent research

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to give an empirically-based review of the strengths and weaknesses of situational judgment tests (SJTs). Design/methodology/approach – The features, history, and development of SJTs are discussed. Next, a computerized search (from 1990-2007) is conducted to retrieve empirical studies related to SJTs. The effectiveness of SJTs is discussed in terms of reli...

Situational Judgment Tests: A Review of Practice and Constructs Assessed

In this article, we seek to summarize current practice concerning situational judgment tests in personnel selection. We begin by describing the manner in which situational judgment tests are developed and examining the diverse ways in which situational items are presented and scored. We then offer speculation concerning constructs assessed by situational judgment tests as well as discuss the le...