Specialization: I/O Psychology; Recruitment and Selection

Specialization: I/O Psychology; Recruitment and Selection

-Chosen Test: Hogan Personality Inventory

-Documents: Template, references, former papers, and scoring guide have been attached for reference

Instructions

Please follow the template directions that I have also included below.

Introduction

[Select one of the three tests you reviewed for the previous assignments as the most appropriate for a professional in your specialization or a related field. Defend your decision to select this test over the other two tests you have been researching based on a synthesis all of the data and information you gathered on your selected test throughout the course and identify highlights, both positive and negative, both advantages and disadvantages, according to all of the elements researched. Omit these instructions before submitting your assignment.]

[For each area, identify strengths and weaknesses, evaluate the selected test for the element, and make recommendations, if any for improvement, citing appropriate standards of practice. For further organization, you can use a heading for each test element evaluated.

Relevancy to Specialization or a Related Profession

Synthesize research to defend one’s selection and use of a test over other tests measuring similar constructs in one’s specialization or a related profession based on relevancy to the profession.

Test Purpose and Content, Skills, and/or Constructs Assessed

Synthesize research to defend one’s selection and use of a test in one’s specialization or a related profession over other tests measuring similar constructs based on test purpose and the content, skills, and/or constructs assessed.

Normative Sample, Sampling Procedures, and Intended Population

Synthesized research to defend one’s selection and use of a test in one’s specialization or a related profession over other tests based on the normative sample and procedures and the intended population.

Required Training, Knowledge, and Skills of Test Users

Synthesizes research to defend one’s selection and use of a test over other tests based on the appropriate knowledge, skills, and training and evaluates based on one’s anticipated training or the training of a related profession.

Test Technical Quality

Synthesize research to defend one’s selection and use of a test over other tests in one’s specialization or a related profession based on test reliability.

Synthesize research to defend one’s selection and use of a test over other tests in one’s specialization or a related profession based on test validity.

Test Materials, Cost, and Administration Times

Synthesize research to defend one’s selection and use of a test over other tests in one’s specialization or a related profession based on the materials, costs, and administration time.

Advances in Technology

Synthesize research to defend one’s selection and use of a test over other tests in one’s specialization or a related profession based on test administration, scoring, and interpretation technology.

APA Ethical Guidelines

Apply APA ethical principles 9.01-9.11 to the test you selected and evaluate how one would follow these principles when using the test in one’s specialization or a related profession by providing specific examples and recommendations to address any possible ethical concerns.You are not comparing and contrasting the APA ethical principles you applied to your selected test to the other two tests you have researched throughout this course.

Evidence of Test Bias/Fairness and Multicultural Considerations

Evaluate your selected test’s fairness and evidence of bias of diverse subgroups and propose steps to adhere to multicultural assessment practices in one’s specialization or a related profession for the populations a professional in your specialization or a related profession would likely serve. You are not comparing and contrasting evidence of test bias and fairness for your selected test with the other two tests you have researched throughout this course. You also will be providing multicultural assessment considerations for only the test you selected for this final analysis.

Overall recommendations

[This section must address your overall recommendation to use the test in the field and with the population to be served, and one of these points: If recommending the use of the selected test, identify the greatest strengths you discovered and determined in its use. Additionally, identify any limitations or concerns that may still exist with its use regardless of the recommendation. Are there still concerns for the test in certain situations? Are there still uses for the test within set parameters? Omit these instructions before submitting your assignment.]