Hi
On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, T.S. Lim wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> jim clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Tue, 26 Dec 2000, John Uebersax wrote:
> > > IMHO, psychological tests in this case should not substitute for a
> > > thorough interview and human judgment.
> > scores, but not in aggregating them). In general, human judgment
> > does not fare all that well relative to actuarial (i.e.,
> > statistical) methods. Interesting that someone posting to a
> > statistical newsgroup would advocate the non-statistical approach
> > to selection problems.
> What kind of statistical methods are used in screening job applicants?
I am not an organizational or even a testing person, so would
have difficulty answering this question. I suspect that the
battery of tests would depend on the job ... intellectual,
interests, personality, ...
> Do people who apply for a faculty position at your department have to
> take such a psychological test too?
The literature I mentioned is critical of the fact that
psychologists themselves do not follow practices suggested by the
empirical literature. I did not mean to suggest that psychology
was any better than statistics in this respect. Nor are tests
used to the exclusion of other types of valid information that
might be available.
What about the drawing tests or
> graphology? Are they valid tests based on statistical method?
Depends what you mean by drawing tests? There are some such
tests used in personality and neuropsychology, and there would be
a literature on their validity. As to graphology, I know of no
self-respecting psychologist who would advocate its use ... that
does not preclude many other individuals from lauding its use,
unwarranted though that might be. To me, that is just another
example of ignoring the basic scientific/statistical requirements
for sound selection measures.
Best wishes
Jim
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