validity – Dr Paul Englert

The Dirty Little Secrets of Validity Testing

One of the dirty little secrets in the assessment business is the way that assessments are validated. There are no formal systematic approaches for the validation of tests that are easy for tests users, not versed in statistics, to follow.

Paul Englert2021-01-27T01:28:51+00:00July 22nd, 2019|Psychology|

Usefulness Trumps Validity

Validity is perhaps one of the most misunderstood concepts in HR analytics and psychometrics in particular. The real question should be “How useful is this assessment or intervention?”

vxupv2021-01-27T02:06:34+00:00September 23rd, 2015|Psychometrics|

The Myth That Criterion Related Validity Is a Simple Correlation Between Test Score and Work Outcome

This is a myth that can be discussed with relative simplicity: Criterion validity is far more than the simple correlations that are

Paul Englert2017-04-09T07:10:25+00:00June 28th, 2014|Psychometrics|