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Home / Social & Behavioral Sciences / Psychology / Applied Psychology / Organizational & Industrial
Psychology
Testing People at Work: Competencies in Psychometric
Testing
Mike Smith, Pam Smith
ISBN: 978-1-4051-0818-8
440 pages
December 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
Description
Testing People at Work is an authoritative, practical text on selection and assessment. It explains psychometric
testing in occupational settings and also covers other methods of selection such as assessment centres and eselection. The book systematically covers all the topics required for the BPS Certificates of Competence in
Testing Levels A and B.
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Designed for students taking selection and assessment courses.
Covers the whole process of testing, from job analysis to reporting results.
Uses new theoretical frameworks for the topics of personality and motivation.
Features an extensive discussion of ethics in selection and assessment.
Includes questions testing understanding and suggestions for further reading.
Incorporates many tables and diagrams giving practical help to users of psychometric tests.
Accompanied by supplementary online material, at www.blackwellpublishing.com/testing/.
Table of Contents
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
1. Competence in Occupational Testing.
Part I Preparation for Testing:.
2. Job Analysis and Person Specifications.
3. Introduction to Intelligence & Cognitive Ability.
4. Introduction to Personality.
5. Introduction to Motives (Needs, Interest and Values).
6. Attracting Applicants.
Part II Psychometrics.
7. Basic Statistics 1.
8. Basic Statistics 2.
9. Sensitivity of Selection Measures.
10. Standard Error and Reliability.
11. Validity.
12. Bias of Measures.
13. Calculating the Sterling Value of Selection (utilities analysis).
Part III Assessment Tools.
14. Choice of Selection Methods.
15. Psychometric Tests 1.
16. Psychometric Tests 2.
17. e-Selection.
18. Other Scientific Methods of Selection.
19. Assessment Centres.
Part IV Using Tests.
20. Test Administration.
21. Norms and Profiles.
22. Interpreting Scores.
23. Face-to-face Feedback.
24. Written Reports.
25. Telephone Feedback.
26. Ethics and Data Protection.
Bibliography.
Author Index.
Occupation Index.
Subject Index.
Tests and Measures Index
Author Information
Mike Smith is based at Manchester Business School. His previous publications include Personnel Selection
and Assessment: Individual and Organisational Perspectives (co-edited, 1993), Advances in Selection and
Assessment (co-edited, 1993) and Analysing Organisational Behaviour (edited, 1991).
The Wiley Advantage
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An authoritative, practical text on selection and assessment.
Explains psychometric testing in occupational settings.
Covers other methods of selection such as assessment centres and e-selection.
Systematically covers all the topics required for the BPS Certificates of Competence in Testing Levels A and
B.
Designed for students taking selection and assessment courses.
Covers the whole process of testing, from job analysis to reporting results.
Uses new theoretical frameworks for the topics of personality and motivation.
Features an extensive discussion of ethics in selection and assessment.
Includes questions testing understanding and suggestions for further reading.
Incorporates many tables and diagrams giving practical help to users of psychometric tests.
Accompanied by supplementary online material, at www.blackwellpublishing.com/testing/.
Reviews
"Comprehensive, authoritative, and readable, a combination that is almost impossible to achieve in an
introductory upwards text to a scientific and practical discipline such as employee selection. This text retains
its independence throughout from any single test publisher, yet covers all the competency areas laid down in
the BPS framework, and is an absolute goldmine of information on testing and selection procedures more
generally. Anyone even thinking of booking onto Level A or Level B test training courses should buy this
book first." Neil Anderson, PhD, Professor of Organizational Psychology, University of Amsterdam <!--end-->
"At last! A superbly practical book which takes you through the stages of psychometric testing sequentially,
but also integrates theory and statistics into the story. The Smiths have provided all would-be practitioners
with an indispensable tool for their learning, development, and reference." Peter Heriot, Visiting Professor,
University of Surrey and Open University Business School
"This is a much needed text that provides an excellent grounding for anyone aiming to achieve any of the BPS
Certificates of Competence in Occupational Testing. It also represents the ideal source of reference for those
using tests in the workplace. Each chapter is written in a clear, non-threatening style that takes the pain out of
understanding the use of occupational tests." Dr Caroline Limbert, University of Oxford, BPS verified assessor
for Certificate of Competence in Occupational Testing
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Further Reading on Personality
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Rarer Types of Correlations
Confidence Limits
Confidence Intervals
Non-technical introduction to Factor Analysis
List of Test Publishers
List of Psychological Societies
Cattell's UI Factors
Method Matrix
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