Work in the 21st Century: An
Introduction to IndustrialIndustrialOrganizational Psychology
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Chapter 4
Assessing Individuals
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Module 1: Foundations of
Assessment
• Past and present of testing
– After WWI: immigration quotas
– During WWII: full employment
– After WWII: little control over testing
– 1960s: constraints on testing
• Criticism by social observers
• Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Module 1 (continued)
• What is a test?
– Attributes to be assessed
– Ways to assess attributes
CONTENT
PROCESS
• What is the meaning of a test score?
– Norming
• Test users and test interpretation
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Module 1 (continued)
• What is a test battery?
• Administrative test categories
– Speed vs. power tests
– Group vs. individual tests
– Paper and pencil vs. performance tests
– Where to find tests
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Two Different Procedures to
Measure Two Attributes
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Module 1 (continued)
• Testing and culture
• Bias
• Fairness
• Culture
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Module 2: Traditional
Assessment Procedures
• Procedures for assessing abilities
– Cognitive ability tests
• Tests that produce a single score
• Tests of specific abilities
• Cognitive test batteries
– Knowledge tests
– Tests of physical abilities
– Tests of psychomotor abilities
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Cognitive Ability Tests
Sample item from
the Bennett
Mechanical
Comprehension Test
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Module 2 (continued)
• Personality
• Screen out tests and screen in tests
• Emotional intelligence
• Interests and values
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Occupational Personality
Questionnaire (OPQ32)
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Module 3: Additional
Assessment Methods
• Content vs. process
• Individual assessment
– Interactive assessment tools
– Criticisms
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Candidate Comparison Matrix
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Module 3 (continued)
• Interviews
– Interview content
• Situational interview
• Structured interview
• Unstructured interview
– Interview process
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Module 3 (continued)
• Assessment centers
• Work samples and situational tests
• Biographical data
– Ecology model
– Characteristics of biodata items
• Grades and letters of recommendation
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Module 4: Special Topics in
Assessment
• Incremental validity
• Controversial assessment practices
– Graphology
– Polygraph
• Drug and alcohol testing
– Drug Free Workplace Act
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Module 4 (Continued)
• Integrity testing
– Overt and personality based
– Concerns
• Computer based assessment
– Computer adaptive testing
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Computer Adaptive Testing
An example of the Routing Test
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