A Strategy for Examining the Validity of Job Analysis Data

A strategy for examining the validity of job analysis inventory data is introduced. This strategy involves the testing of hypotheses regarding expected consistencies within the data, and between the data and independent sources of information. Although the purpose of the job analysis is to obtain an empirical description of work patterns, some relationships among the data can be predicted with a high degree of confidence, and these predictions can then be used to test the validity of the job analysis data. An example investigates the validity of data collected as part of a job analysis for nurses.