From Obscurity to Clarity in Psychometric Testing : Selected works of Professor Peter Saville (Paperback)

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