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17 March, 06:29

Jacob applied for the position of a correspondent at The News Curator, a news agency in New Orleans, after he graduated. The news agency, however, did not hire him as it felt that he was not skilled enough for the job. Jacob then joined another popular agency as a reporter and won the best crime beat reporter award within a year. Which of the following selection errors did The News Curator most likely make?

A. The similarity error

B. The contrast errorC. The first-impression error

D. The false negative error

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  1. 17 March, 06:36
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    The false negative error - Option D

    Explanation:

    A false negative error, is a test result that indicates that a condition does not hold, while in fact it does. It is a type II error occurring in a test where a single condition is checked for and the result of the test is erroneously that the condition is absent

    The first agency Jacob applied to for a job failed to realize that he was fit for it and they resolved into a wrong decision of not hiring him. However, the second agency he applied to were able to recognize the fact that Jacob was fit for the job and after been hired, he was given an award of the best crime beat reporter within a year.

    Thus, with respect to the scenario given in the question, the News Curator made the false negative error
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