15. Some of the popular
psychometric tests are:
• The Five Factors Model
• 16 PF
• MBTI
• OPQ32
• Hogan
• Saville
• Thomas Personal Profiling System
• Colors Personality
• Strength Finder
• Gordon’s Personal Profile Inventory
• Rorschach Ink‐Blot Test
• FIRO‐B
• Picture Frustration Test
• Thematic Apperception Tests (TAT)
26. Factor Descriptors
A Warmth Reserved Outgoing
B Reasoning Less Intelligent More Intelligent
C Emotional Stability Affected by feelings Emotionally stable
E Dominance Humble Assertive
F Liveliness Sober Happy-go-lucky
G Rule Consciousness Expedient Conscientious
H Social Boldness Shy Venturesome
I Sensitivity Tough-minded Tender-minded
L Vigilance Trusting Suspicious
M Abstractedness Practical Imaginative
N Privateness Straightforward Shrewd
O Apprehension Self-Assured Apprehensive
Q1 Openness to Change Conservative Experimenting
Q2 Self-Reliance Group-dependent Self-sufficient
Q3 Perfectionism Self-conflict Self-control
Q4 Tension Relaxed Tense
The 16 factors
with their word
descriptors of
each scale
35. Wave Professional Styles
• In 2007, Saville and colleagues carried out Wave
questionnaire
• In 2014, Salgado and Tauriz found that Saville Consulting
Wave is in the category of questionnaires whose scoring
design provides the most valid way to predict job
performance.
• The research indicates that rather than either a solely
normative (rating) or ipsative (ranking) approach,
questionnaires which steer a middle course between the
two approaches provide a method with greater validity
40. For more information:
BOOKS
Anastasi Anne, Urbina Susana, Psychological Testing,
Pearson Education, 2003.
Mcshane S, Glinow A M, Sharma R, Introduction to Organization
Behavior, Tata McGraw Hills, 2006.
E‐Books
D.Constantine‐Simms,
Everything you need to know to pass psychometric tests.
Magazines
HRM Review February 2007
Websites
http://www.teamfocus.co.uk/different_types_of_psychometric_tests.htm
http://changingminds.org/disciplines/hr/selection/psychometric.htm
http://www.personalitypathways.com/type_inventory.html
http://en.wikipedia.org
www.humanmetrics.com
http://www.opp.co.uk