•Couldn’t a specific time of receiving your results as well as a phone number to contact an interpreter (maybe psychologists) regarding psychological tests on the internet resolve the issue of not have an interpreter of the scores? The company could provide a special password for that applicant/patient to get their results, but only after getting in contact with a psychologist to go over the meaning of the scores.
After reading about the benefits of testing over the internet from a financial standpoint, I wonder if there were additional costs for online testing, such as website development and implementation. Do these costs outweigh the potential benefits? Also, when reading about Segall (2001)’s method of protecting against cheating, how can one assume that the applicant is cheating solely based on a different confirmation score?
I appreciated the perspective that persons who prefer languages other than English may be accessing testing material on the web, may be preparing for selection (and other) tests on-line with interpretation from Latin America (and not US), but they are learning and being empowered through the internet in ways that were not possible just a few years ago. Is this raising adult literacy levels I wonder? How is it contributing (or not) to improvement in English language proficiency? These are separate from the ethics of on-line testing and implications for professionals. I found this very helpful.
I really liked the various discussions and multiple perspectives on these psychometric issues. What would draw as the bottom line conclusion of this article?
•Couldn’t a specific time of receiving your results as well as a phone number to contact an interpreter (maybe psychologists) regarding psychological tests on the internet resolve the issue of not have an interpreter of the scores? The company could provide a special password for that applicant/patient to get their results, but only after getting in contact with a psychologist to go over the meaning of the scores.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading about the benefits of testing over the internet from a financial standpoint, I wonder if there were additional costs for online testing, such as website development and implementation. Do these costs outweigh the potential benefits? Also, when reading about Segall (2001)’s method of protecting against cheating, how can one assume that the applicant is cheating solely based on a different confirmation score?
ReplyDeleteI appreciated the perspective that persons who prefer languages other than English may be accessing testing material on the web, may be preparing for selection (and other) tests on-line with interpretation from Latin America (and not US), but they are learning and being empowered through the internet in ways that were not possible just a few years ago. Is this raising adult literacy levels I wonder? How is it contributing (or not) to improvement in English language proficiency? These are separate from the ethics of on-line testing and implications for professionals. I found this very helpful.
ReplyDeleteWhat sort of problems might the use of internet-based selection tests create for the selection of employees in international organizations?
ReplyDeleteI really liked the various discussions and multiple perspectives on these psychometric issues. What would draw as the bottom line conclusion of this article?
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