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Aimed at human resource professionals, trainers, and managers, this book takes the reader through the complex processes of job analysis, test selection, test administration and interpretation, and decision making. Offering an introduction to individual assessment, it shows how to collect and analyze assessment data.
List of contents
Foreword by W. Warner Burke xi
Foreword by Adrian Furnham xv
1. Introduction 1
For Whom Did We Write This Book? 1
What Are Our Recommendations? 2
How Is This Book Organized? 3
2. The Practice of Individual Assessment 7
What Is Individual Assessment? 8
What Does an Assessor Need to Know? 8
The Three Levels of Assessor Competencies 9
The Individual Assessment Model 15
Information Technology and Individual Assessment 22
Summary 29
3. Psychological Measurement 31
The Normal Distribution Curve 31
Reliability 33
Validity 37
Norms 40
The Role of the Assessor 42
Classification of Psychological Tests 44
Interviewing 51
Summary 52
4. Collecting and Analyzing Assessment Data 53
Using the Five-Step Model of Individual Assessment 54
Hard and Soft Data 68
Assessment Procedures and Choices 71
Reporting and Follow-Up Choices 82
Summary 83
5. Developing and Integrating Individual Assessment Data 85
Choosing Measures 86
The Database 88
Processing the Database 96
Summary 104
6. Reporting Individual Assessment Results 107
The Focus of a Final Report 108
Content and Style 108
Drawing Conclusions and Making Recommendations 118
A Decision-Making Model 119
A Forty-Question Checklist 121
Computer-Generated Reports 121
Individual Assessment for Development 125
Future-Oriented Job Analysis 134
Summary 135
Appendix A: Recommended Readings 137
Appendix B: Sample Position Description 139
Appendix C: Introduction to Job Analysis 143
Appendix D: First-Line Management/Supervisory Level Competency Model 153
Appendix E: Senior Management/Executive Level Competency Model 159
Appendix F: Sample Individual Assessment Report on Applicant for Administrative
Assistant Position 167
Appendix G: Sample Assessment Report-Supervisor/First-Line Manager 171
Appendix H: Sample Individual Assessment Report-Management and Executive Level 179
Appendix I: Selected Tests and Publishers 189
References 199
About the Authors 203
Index 205
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"Clearly written and well organized" ( Personnel Psychology , 10/03/2007)
