From Obscurity to Clarity in Psychometric Testing

An ideal companion for any student or researcher of HRM, occupational or organizational psychology, or applied psychology in general, Peter Saville's selected works represent the thinking of one of the most influential psychologists of our time.

Professor Peter Saville, BA, MPhil, PhD, HonFBPsS, C.Psychol, CSci, Academic FCIPD, FRSA, FIoD - Founder, SHL & Founder, Saville Consulting; Visiting Professor, Kingston Business School. Tom Hopton, MA Hons (Oxon), MBPsS, CPsychol.- Principal Consultant, Saville Consulting, A Towers Watson Company; Visiting Fellow, Kingston Business School.

Foreword. Introduction. Contributors. PART I: THE ORIGINS OF PSYCHOMETRICS 1. What's It All about? 2. Intelligence Testing. PART II: CONSTRUCTING PSYCHOMETRICS 3. The 'Traditional' Approach 4. Reflections on the Development of an Inductive Work-Based Questionnaire - the OPQ® 5. Validating Personality Questionnaires 6. Development of a Validity-Centric Work-Based Questionnaire - Saville Consulting Wave® 7. Long versus Short Scales 8. Normative & Forced-Choice Scales. PART III: PRACTICALITIES OF PSYCHOMETRICS 9. Do Assessments Work? 10. Applications of Assessments 11. The Issue of Cheating 12. Acceptability, Cost-Benefit & Decision Making