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
- 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: