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How do we assess the importance of tasks and task dimensions? Keep in mind that we're focused on what the job requires, not what the worker offers here. This isn't about the KSAOs, it's about what tasks and task dimensions make up the job requirements. We can use likert scales here where we might rate on a 1 to 5 or 1 to 7 scale, a relative time spent or the importance to overall performance. Or we could just rate just the percentage of time spent, a nice easy way to quantify time, might not get at the actual importance though right, there might be some tasks that take a lot of time. But in the end they aren't actually as important as of some tasks that you might have to do with less time. And then there's also just a dichotomous yes no type way where we might say, is this a need for new employees to be trained in.