Evaluating a Psychometric Test as an Aid to Selection

This book is aimed at HR Professionals, CIPD and occupational psychology students and those working in Resourcing / Recruitment function. It explains how a psychometric test can be evaluated as an aid to selection and illustrates this with a business scenario (based on a CIPD case study).

First testing is defined, its benefits and limitations evaluated and criteria explained that need to be considered when evaluating selection methods. Following this, it is recommended that a number of factors need to be considered including reliability, validity, candidate experience, candidate cheating and prevention, fairness and cost-effectiveness in order to fully consider the test’s feasibility. By calculating ROI (return on investment), it is possible to calculate the improvement that could be made using a new selection process over the old one (example is given). A concurrent validation study and details of its purpose, process, sample, information to be gathered and analysis with examples has been given.