Factor selection guidelines for job evaluation: A computerized statisticalprocedure

A computer-aided statistical procedure based on standard measures of centra l tendency, dispersion and correlations was developed to identify meaningfu l compensable factors and scales in a point job evaluation plan. The proced ure specifically examines the degree of field overlapping between factors, their ability to be reliable wage indicators, as well as their ability to d iscriminate among jobs. To facilitate the execution of the statistical proc edure a computer program was written in Visual Basic. The use of the propos ed methodology was demonstrated by means of a case or sample problem. (C) 2 001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.