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January 2006 issue of TIP
On January 12, 2006 by Jamie Madigan
The January 2006 issue of The Industrial Psychologist (TIP) is out and available online. One article in particular caught my eye. It's entitled "The Association of Test Publishers and the State of the Testing Industry: Perceptions From the Front Lines", and here's the abstract:
In his 2005 SIOP Presidential Address, Fritz Drasgow indicated that SIOP members should be concerned about the proliferation of Internet tests that have little or no validity and reliability evidence, and he characterized this situation as the "wild, wild West" of testing (Drasgow, 2005). The Association of Test Publishers (ATP) shares all professional concerns regarding the psychometric properties of assessments and the criticality of these properties to sound psychological measurement. Throughout our history, ATP has worked diligently to help promote professionalism in the development, marketing, and use of testing. Through this article we hope to provide greater insight into ATP for those SIOP members who are not familiar with the organization, as well as to comment on the actual impact of the many poorly developed assessments that are available via the Internet and other sources.
A good read, though in places it kind of seems like self-promotion for the Association of Test Publishers.
There are also some articles on "Cross-Cultural skills" and reverse discrimination.
Existing comments:
Posted by Stephen at January 25, 2006 9:57 AM:
Speaking of Fritz Drasgow, he gave a talk at IPMAAC in 2004 (An Update on Computerized Testing: Boon and Boondoggle) and claimed that random responding to on-line intelligence tests produced IQ scores ranging from 80 to 145. I took the HayGroup Emotional Intelligence Test (http://ei.haygroup.com/resources/default_ieitest.htm) five times using random responses and scored between 35 and 50 (Mean = 44), which translates to 'Average' on their 100-point scale.
When I took the EI test for real I scored 100. This took some of my psychologist colleagues by surprise because I'm about as socially aware as Mr. Spock. One skeptical colleague sent me an e-mail with the following comment: It seems that Emotional Intelligence poses deep philosophical questions, such as, Can we build an entire science on an oxymoron?
Posted by Howard at January 27, 2006 10:29 AM:
Re: Association of Test Publishers. An interesting group focused on licensure and certification. Some overlap of materials with selecton but not much.
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