. ▁Many ▁research ▁exists ▁on ▁the ▁PA Q ; ▁it ▁has ▁yield ed ▁reason ably ▁good ▁reli ability ▁estimates ▁and ▁has ▁been ▁linked ▁to ▁several ▁assess ment ▁tools ”. ▁Job ▁seek ers ▁and ▁employ ers ▁answer ▁questions ▁on ▁form ▁out lin ing ▁skills , ▁ab ilities ▁and ▁knowledge ▁needed ▁to ▁perform ▁the ▁job . ▁Res p ons es ▁are ▁calculated ▁and ▁a ▁composite ▁job ▁requirement ▁statement ▁is ▁produced . ▁In ▁a ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁compar ative ▁of ▁ 4 ▁job ▁analysis ▁methods , ▁PA Q ▁method ▁is ▁struct ured ▁to ▁allow ▁for ▁easy ▁quant ification . ▁The ▁study ▁also ▁indicated ▁it ▁was ▁closest ▁and ▁compatible ▁to ▁receive ▁important ▁information ▁about ▁an ▁applic ant ▁▁ ▁The ▁format ▁of ▁this ▁method ▁include ▁in ▁both ▁data ▁collection ▁and ▁computer ▁analysis ▁and ▁can ▁yield ▁results ▁much ▁faster ▁than ▁the ▁other ▁methods . ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁shown ▁to ▁be ▁extremely ▁reliable , ▁results ▁usually ▁rep licate ▁on ▁a ▁second ▁administration . ▁Because ▁PA Q ▁is ▁worker ▁orient ed , ▁it ▁does ▁not ▁qual ify ▁if ▁work ▁is ▁actually ▁getting ▁done ▁on ▁the ▁job . ▁Task ▁differences ▁on ▁the ▁job ▁is ▁not ▁picked ▁up ▁because ▁PA Q ▁primarily ▁focus ▁on ▁behav iors . ▁ ▁Occ up ational ▁Analysis ▁In ventory ▁The ▁Occ up ational ▁Analysis ▁In ventory ▁( O AI ) ▁contains ▁ 6 1 7 ▁" work ▁elements ." ▁It ▁was ▁designed ▁to ▁yield ▁more ▁specific ▁job ▁information ▁than ▁other ▁multi - job ▁question na ires ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁PA Q ▁while ▁still ▁capt uring ▁work ▁requirements ▁for