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Designing Effective Psychometric
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Designing Effective
Psychometric Tests
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Designing Effective Psychometric
Tests
Overview
1. Psychometrics
2. Usefulness
3. Common test types
4. Advantages
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Psychometrics
• The psychometric test is one of the most common resources used by employers to identify suitable candidates. – These are psychological measurements to assess knowledge, abilities,
attitudes, education and personality traits.
• Tests are perceived to be objective and predictive in filtering out candidates that aren't a good match for occupations or organizations.
• Since a business is only as good as its people, an understanding of the human factor is important in recruiting and developing employees that fit with a company's values.
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Usefulness
• As the costs of selecting the wrong applicant are significant, effective psychometric testing seeks to understand the hidden aspects of an individual and compare the results with the job description.
• Once candidates have been judged to fulfill a position's initial requirements, hiring managers will generally request sitting for a psychometric test to narrow the application field further.
• While some applicants may doubt the effectiveness of these assessments to measure their real abilities, there is strong evidence to suggest that tests of cognitive ability are good predictors of performance across a broad range of jobs.
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Common test types
• Aptitude tests can measure ability or knowledge in a certain field but are more commonly used to understand a candidate's general level of intelligence.
• Verbal reasoning tests can involve reading a passage before answering a series of true/false questions.
• Numerical reasoning might be better tested with multiple choices.
• Abstract reasoning tests measure the subject's ability to comprehend unfamiliar information and find solutions, adequately assessed by the subject determining patterns in sequences of symbols.
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Common test types
• Personality and motivation questionnaires seek to discover a candidate's working style, thereby fitting them with the right team and providing working conditions that increase employee satisfaction and retention.
• There are specific IQ, personality, emotional intelligence, language and situational judgment tests that may evaluate one or many factors using well established methods.
• Online testing is increasingly the preferred assessment method, as its flexibility and efficiency allows a test maker to evaluate candidates before even scheduling in-person interviews.
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Advantages
• The capability of a test to save money for an organization is called "test utility" and it often depends on the intention of assessment.
• Different tests can be developed for applicants, trainees and experienced employees to determine suitability for certain roles.
• Innovative new online exam software integrates algorithms to adapt questions to a subject's talents and skills.
• Developing a sizeable online test item bank enables regular refreshments of test content while minimizing the possibility of information sharing among candidates.
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Advantages
• Organizations are increasingly creating policies and processes to ensure scheduled updating of questions, decreasing the likelihood of cheating or information sharing among test takers.
• Psychometric assessments of all types can be created easily with test creation software, with extensive reporting and analysis capabilities for optimal application.
• Standardized item development can ensure the proper variation in question style, format, difficulty and consistency.
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