What is a psychometric test? A psychometric test evaluates an individual’s cognitive skills and personality traits. It assesses whether the individual can thrive in a specific professional role, evaluating the mental ability and behavioral style aspects that organizations cannot gauge during conversations...
Psychometric tests and assessments are different from other types of tests in that they measure a person’s knowledge, abilities, interests, and other attributes. They focus on measuring “mental processes” rather than “objective facts.”Psychometric testsare used to determine suitability for employme...
This study aimed to develop a culturally adapted Chinese version of the Value-based Stigma Inventory (VASI) and to evaluate its psychometric properties, including reliability and validity, among the general Chinese population. This study is a cross-secti
This study evaluated the psychometric properties and validity of a CU traits measure generated from existing child problem behaviour scales at age 2.5 years. The participants were members of an epidemiological longitudinal study starting in pregnancy. Items from the Antisocial Process Screening Device and...
The psychometric properties of the PDS compare favorably to the properties of existing depression screeners, namely the PHQ-2, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the WHO-5. The PHQ-2 is a short screening for depression, consisting of only two questions. Compared to the PDS...
(ODSIS-Y), creating a brief, freely accessible caregiver- and self-report measure of pediatric depression severity, frequency, and impairment. The psychometric properties of the ODSIS-Y were evaluated in a sample of 235 children and adolescents (aged 5–18; 50.6% female; 69.2% race/ethnicity...
The FCV-19S is a novel, seven-item unidimensional scale with good psychometric properties used in assessing fears of COVID-19 among the general population. All items are rated on a 5-point scale, ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Total scores range from 7 to 35...
This paper studies the use of psychometric tests, designed by the Entrepreneurial Finance Lab (EFL), as a tool to screen out high credit risk and potentially increase access to credit for small business owners in Peru. We use administrative data covering the period from June 2011 to April 2014...
Design and psychometric validation of a social capital questionnaire for adults with end-stage chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis or hemodialysis Alicia Alanis-Ocádiz, Svetlana V. Doubova, José Manuel Arreola-Guerra, Adriana Monroy, Jannett Padilla-López, Carolina Quiñones-Villalobos...
What is a psychometric test? Psychometric Test: The origins of psychometric testing go as far back as the mid-1800's with Charles Darwin's theories about individuals and their differences. With more advancements made in the field of psychology, psychometric testing has become a standardized assessm...