Response Style Indicators And The Concept Of Integrity
Two recent papers have questioned the assumption that validity scales in personality testing, such as social desirability, address inherent problems of self-report
The Problem with Academia as a Medium of Change or Critique
I have received a lot of correspondence that notes a genuine surprise at the reality of the discipline of I/O psychology. Many
What Are The Areas Where Qualitative Methodologies May Be Appropriate?
What are the areas where qualitative methodologies may be appropriate? I have discussed before the limitations of the discipline as a quantitative
Psychometricians Take a Bow!
Today I only have time for a very short blog. This is a tribute blog to one of the areas of psychology
Ipsative Tests: Psychometric Properties
In this final blog, I want to look at the psychometric properties of ipsative measures and also look at the supporting evidence for ipsative tests.
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT) and Ipsative Personality Assessments
There appears to be a resurgence of ipsative testing under the veil of CAT (Computer Adaptive Testing) for personality. Clearly, there is
Faking and It’s Implication for the Use of Personality Tests
Faking in personality tests exists. Anyone who tries to deny this is either a liar or deluded. The question is what this
Are Personality Tests Really That Different?
One of the myths I have long spoken about is the idea that there are great differences between various psychological tests. In
The Great Divides in I/O Psychology: Divide 1 – Practitioner vs. Scientist
I have often discussed the role of science in our discipline and have argued that it has consistently played a back role