Testing

When considering psychological assessments for your agency, important factors to be considered include:

• Validity (Content, Concurrent, Predictive)
• State versus Trait Issues
• Error Variance
• Fatigue
• Personal problems at the time of the test
• “Faking good”
• Mismarking answer sheets
• How the tests were developed

If a clinical interview is involved, be sure to understand the interview objectives, such as:

• Social Behavior (Non-Verbal/Verbal)
• Social History Variables
• Vocational/Educational History Variables
• Personal Perception
• Personal Values

Sampson’s psychological assessment program specializes in three key organizational areas:

• Pre-Employment Screening
• Fitness for Duty
• Post-Incident Evaluation