There are also many opportunities to move into different types of positions within the company, Kloek adds, but of course "you have to work at it".
The empirical study demonstrated that the SEM approach is capable of detecting different types of position effects in large-scale assessments.
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This includes sources of information on the job market, a listing of the major public sector and national research organisations, information about the different types of positions available in universities and the application procedures, and advice about applying for jobs in the private sector such as the type of CV expected and the format of a typical interview.
The purpose of this study is to (1) introduce the SEM approach for detecting position effects in large-scale assessments; (2) demonstrate the methodological adequacy of the SEM approach to model different types of position effects using an empirical study; and (3) examine the accuracy of the SEM approach in detecting position effects using a simulation study.
Second, this study presents a straightforward and efficient approach to investigate different types of position effects (e.g., item position effect, passage position effect, and form effect). Hence, the proposed approach can be easily applied to assessments with a large number of items and examinees.
