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Author:   Peter Saville (Kingston University, UK) ,  Hopton Tom
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781138823433

ISBN 10:   1138823430
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   27 June 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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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

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Professor Peter Saville, BA, MPhil, PhD, HonFBPsS, C.Psychol, CSci, Academic FCIPD, FRSA, FIoD – Founder, SHL & Founder, Saville Consulting; Visiting Professor, Kingston Business School. Tom Hopton, MA Hons (Oxon), MBPsS, CPsychol.– Principal Consultant, Saville Consulting, A Towers Watson Company; Visiting Fellow, Kingston Business School.

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