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Subject:RE: Writing Test - Is That Your Final Answer? From:"James Barrow" <vrfour -at- verizon -dot- net> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:33:46 -0800
>Milan Davidovic wrote:
>>James Barrow wrote:
>>
>>Milan was spot-on when he thought that this test may bear some
>>relationship to what I would be doing on the job.
>
>Actually, as I recall, I said that IF the test DIDN'T resemble what you'd
>be doing on the job, it wouldn't be a valid test. I was sceptical, but it
>appears from what you say that there's some connection; the writing task
>itself wasn't authentic, but the task conditions certainly appear to be.
Exactly. But it did, so it does:^)
Since the interview led me to believe that I would be working in an
environment that resembled the test, then the test was an accurate
representation of what I will be facing. Your logic holds true.
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