Psychometric Assessment at Work Course - BPS Level 1 - 2

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PSYCHOMETRIC ASSESSMENT AT WORK COURSE

PsyAsia International's

Leading to fulfillment of the requirements for the British Psychological Society Level 1 & 2 RQTU & EFPA Level 2 Certifications

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Asia’s first regular provider and longest running facilitator – we’ve trained more people in Asia for the BPS certifications than any other vendor worldwide!

This course is facilitated by award-winning

Chartered Psychologist, Dr. Graham Tyler – the

originator of regular BPS Level A and B training

in Dubai, Singapore and Hong Kong. Graham

is a registered organizational psychologist and

executive director of PsyAsia International. His

PhD thesis concentrated on psychometric

assessment with particular emphasis on the

validity of international and local models and

measures of personality in Asia. Graham was

previously an MBA lecturer in HRM for the

University of Leicester Dubai Campus, as well

as MSc in HRM Lecturer for Hong Kong

Polytechnic University. He spends most of his

time involved in training and consultancy in

HRM and applied organizational psychology.

He is a joint resident of Singapore and Hong

Kong. He is a full member of the American

and Australian Psychological Societies and an

Associate Fellow with the British Psychological

Society. Graham’s research with psychometric

tools has been recognised by the BPS with

their prestigious prize for Scientific Contribution to Organizational Psychology.

Graham is also an Associate Fellow with the

Hong Kong Psychological Society and a

professional member of the Hong Kong

Institute for HRM. His research has been

published in international, peer-reviewed and

professional journals, as well as numerous

books. He is a reviewer for the Journal of

Personality & Individual Differences and the

annual SIOP Conference in the USA, as well as

a supervisor for intern psychologists from Asian

and Australian Universities. There is nobody

more qualified and based in Asia running this

course!

PsyAsia International’s Psychometric Assessment at Work Course provides delegates

with a firm grounding in the competent application of psychometric aptitude, ability

and personality tests for recruitment/selection, development, coaching and career

counseling decisions. As Asia’s independent leader in psychometric assessment

training, we have trained more people in Asia for the BPS certificates than any other

vendor!

This course is for anybody who uses or intends to use psychometric tests in the

workplace. For example, human resource and training professionals, line managers,

directors, training facilitators, coaches, counsellors and psychologists. It equips

delegates to choose the right psychometric tests and to administer, score, interpret,

feedback and make decisions with the assistance of psychometric test results.

PsyAsia International has offered this course in Asia since 2002. Our face-to-face

training takes place in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Brunei and mainland China

multiple times throughout the year. We also offer in-house training at any location.

As a pioneer in this field, PsyAsia International was the first provider of this training to

offer it as Live Online Training. This meets the demands of busy people who want

world-class training that leads to an internationally recognised qualification, but for

whom participation in face-to-face training is not possible due to a hectic schedule,

travel costs or simply preference. View our Live Online Training Factsheet here.

Face-to-face Course: 5-6 days depending on location

Online Course: Approximately 35 hours of training; usually in 2 hour sessions

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INTRODUCTION

Training Levels

What is Occupational Testing?

What is Psychological testing?

Categories of Psychometric Tests

Types of Maximum Performance Test

TEST ADMINISTRATION

& SCORING

Preparation for Managed Test Administration

Invitation Letter

Introducing and Running the Test Session

Test Log

Modes of Test Administration

Managing Problems with Remote Testing

Scoring and Norming

FAIR SELECTION AND TEST

ETHICS

Candidates with Disabilities

Direct discrimination

Indirect discrimination

The Four-Fifth’s rule

Justifiable Adverse Impact

UK Data Protection Act

Data Protection in Asia

Hong Kong Personal Data Ordinance & Singapore

Personal Data Protection Act

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FEEDBACK AND REPORT-WRITING FOR ABILITY TEST RESULTS

VALIDITY Types of Validity

Bias in Validity

Restriction of Range

Criterion Problem

Criterion Contamination

Validity Generalisation

Validity Issues for Personality Questionnaires

Statistical Analysis versus

Pragmatic Value

Chance Relationships

Multiple Regression

Correction for Shrinkage

RELIABILITY & ERROR Classical Test

Theory Correlational

Statistics Significance Levels Systematic Error Random Error

Standard Error of Measurement

Item Response Theory

NORM GROUPS & STANDARD SCALES Distribution

Statistics “Normal”

Distribution Central

Tendency

Skew – “When the Data is Distorted”

‘Spread of scores’ and Standard

Deviation

Different Scales

Composition of Norm Groups

Sample Statistics: Standard Error of

the Mean

Narrow versus Broad Norm

Groups

Gender and Ethnicity

INTELLIGENCE – WHAT IS IT? Theories of intelligence

Roots of Intelligence: Nature or Nurture?

Two Factor Model – a compromise

New Directions for Intelligence

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APPLYING ASSESSMENTS IN REAL WORLD Other Assessment Methods Job Analysis

Careers Counselling and Guidance

Different Types of Referencing In Scoring

FEEDBACK OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENTS Introduction to

Feedback Purposes of Feedback

Preparation for Feedback

Feedback Skills The Feedback

Interview Structure Discussing Results Written Reports

PERSONALITY INTERPRETATION Delegates will be trained and accredited in at least 1 (Online Courses) and up to 3 personality assessments (6-day courses).

APPROACHES TO ASSESSING PERSONALITY Developing

Questionnaires: Approaches

Methods of Assessment

Response Style and Distortion

Minimising and Controlling Distortion

Transparent versus Opaque

Instruments

Ipsative versus Normative Scaling

Spurious Validity Pseudo-Scientific

Measures

PERSONALITY THEORY & CONCEPTS What is

Personality? Implicit and Explicit

Theories

Measuring Different Aspects of the Individual

Determinants of Personality

Theoretical Perspectives on

Personality

Type versus Trait Theories

Trait versus State Measures of Personality

The “Big Five” Factors of Personality

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Prior to the course, delegates will be asked to complete some pre-course work. There is no pre-course work for Level 1 but

delegates are advised to view our complimentary training videos. Level 2 Ability delegates are required to read a short

manual, taking around 2 hours depending on prior knowledge. In addition, we advise viewing of course videos. Level 2

Personality delegates are required to read a short manual, again taking around 2 hours. In addition to this, Level 2

Personality delegates must view an interactive presentation on the interpretation of the Identity Self-Perception

Questionnaire. This can be expected to take a further 2 hours. As soon as we receive payment from delegates, they are

given immediate access to our Online Learning Centre. We therefore advise delegates to sign up for their course as far in

advance as possible to give them as much time as possible to utilize all learning Centre resources. This will ensure the best

learning experience. The Learning Centre comprises training videos, recorded lessons, a delegate forum for discussion and

advice, course workbooks and manuals.

For those attending our face-to-face training there will be work to do on each evening of the course. This can be

minimized by doing more learning prior to the actual training sessions. We estimate the work for each evening to be

around 1-2 hours depending on your learning speed. However, on Day Four of your course, please allow additional time

for evening work of up to 3 hours. You may not need this amount of time, but please allow for it to be safe! For those

attending our Live Online Training, there will be approximately 1 hour’s work to complete between each session.

Post-course work includes completion of the course workbook, along with additional personality assessment

administration and feedback for Level 2 Personality. The actual amount of work will depend on how much time you

devoted to the workbook during the course. On average, you should expect your post-course work for the combined

Level 1 & 2 Ability and Personality course to take up to 2 days, whilst for those attending only Level 2 Ability or only Level 2

Personality, this will take up to a day. The more preparation delegates do before the course and the more they are able to

apply themselves during the course, the less post-course work will need to be done!

A few UK vendors offer this certification in a shorter “Express” course. Our experience is that this requires significantly more

pre-and post-course work and leads to delegates feeling significantly more pressure during the course – guaranteed!

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Successful delegates will be able to apply for the British Psychological Society's Occupational Testing Qualifications: Level 1

Assistant Test User and Level 2 Ability Test User and Personality Test User. They will also be able to appear on the society’s

Register of Qualifications in Test Use for an additional annual fee payable to the BPS. Furthermore, for another small

additional fee, successful Level 2: Personality Test User certificate holders will be able to apply for the European Federation

of Psychological Associations (EFPA) Test User Certificate. Certificate holders are expected to keep themselves both current

and to ensure recency of practice. As a result, there is a requirement to declare this status to the BPS once every 6 years. A

number of these declarations will be audited.

With all training that leads to BPS Level 2: Ability and Personality Test User, successful delegates will be accredited in most

ability/aptitude tests. In addition, they will be accredited in a single personality assessment. PsyAsia International’s 6-day

courses go beyond this by offering delegates accreditation in up to 3 personality assessments. This does involve extra

work, but no extra fee. Delegates may choose this route or simply opt for accreditation in a single personality tool.

Some years ago, PsyAsia International enabled an Online Learning Centre for our Psychometric Assessment Course

delegates. Here delegates can meet co-delegates and discuss topics in forums or live chat. They can also watch recorded

training videos. In addition, from Q2, 2014, PsyAsia International is pleased to add Live Online Learning and all recorded

videos from our Live Online Learning as standard for all face-to-face delegates. So, no matter what course modality you

select, blended learning comes as standard!

We are passionate about enhancing competence in Psychometrics in Asia. Having trained in the UK, Australia and the

USA, our facilitator is globally credentialed and offers world-class training. Our delegates love our training as can be

evidenced in years of positive reviews. A number of these reviews follow and more can be accessed at the course website.

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