BPS Level 1 Assistant Test User
For full details of the course and the certificate from the British Psychological Society, please see our main BPS Level 1 Assistant Test User Online Training page.
Our online Psychometric Test Administration Course provides students with the ability to understand and competently practice the administration of ability, aptitude and personality assessments in organisational settings. Successful completion of this course and the course assessments makes students eligible for the BPS Level 1 Assistant Test User Qualification. If you wish to additionally interpret test results and feed back those results in a meaningful way to candidates and decision-makers, you will need to complete BPS Level 2 Ability Test User Training and BPS Level 2 Personality Test User Training after completing this first Level course.
Topics covered
• What is Occupational Testing
• Categories of Psychometric Tests
• Types of Maximum and Typical Performance Tests
• Preparation for Managed Test Administration
• Invitation Letters
• Introducing & Running the Test Session
• Test Logs
• Modes of Test Administration
• Managing Problems with Remote Testing
• Candidates with Disabilities
• Direct & Indirect Discrimination
• The Four-Fifth’s Rule
• Justifiable Adverse Impact
• UK Data Protection Act
• Hong Kong Personal Data Ordinance
• Singapore Personal Data Protection Act
Enrollment period* (i.e., deadline to complete all learning and assigments)
-90 days
Access period (i.e., amount of time you will have access to the course)
-1 year
Certificate
-Following completion of all course requirements, students receive an invoice from the British Psychological Society and following payment will appear on the BPS Register and receive soft-copy certification from the BPS.
PsyGOLD Membership
-Students get membership to our PsyGOLD program not only during their course, but for the life of the PsyGOLD program! PsyGOLD is our community of current and past students. We meet on a regular basis to present case studies of real psychometric testing experiences and receive professional development via peer feedback and expert advice from Dr Tyler. This is invaluable in continuing to develop competence in psychometrics under the support and guidance of a student- and competency-centred psychologist and helps graduates fulfil the BPS requirement of continuous professional development in psychometrics.
(*Those on our subscription model remain enrolled as long as they continue to subscribe on a monthly basis. Access for these students ends when they cancel their subscription)
BPS Level 2 Ability Test User Course
For full details of the course and the certificate from the British Psychological Society, please see our main BPS Level 2 Ability Test User Online Training page.
Our online BPS Level 2 Ability Test User Course provides students with in-depth understanding in the use of psychometric ability tests in the workplace. It builds competence in the practical application of psychometric tests and ensure ethical and best practice use of these tools in HR decision-making and consulting. Successful completion of this course and the course assessments makes students eligible for the BPS Level 2 Ability Test User Qualification. Prior to starting this course, students must have passed BPS Level 1 Assistant Test User. However, it is possible to register for all 3 Levels of our BPS Certifications in Psychometrics at the same time and receive a generous combined course discount.
Topics covered
INTELLIGENCE
• Theories of Intelligence
• Roots of Intelligence: Nature or Nurture
• Two Factor Model – a Compromise
• New Directions for Intelligence
NORM GROUPS AND STANDARD SCALES
• Distribution Statistics
• ‘Normal’ Distribution
• Central Tendency
• Skew – ‘When Data is Distorted’
• Spread of Scores & Standard Deviation
• Different Scales
• Composition of Norm Groups
• Sample Statistics: Standard Error of the Mean
• Gender & Ethnicity
RELIABILITY AND ERROR
• Classical Test Theory
• Correlational Statistics
• Significance Levels
• Systematic Error
• Standard Error of Measurement
• Item Response Theory
VALIDITY
• Types of Validity
• Bias in Validity
• Restriction of Range
• Criterion Problem
• Criterion Contamination
• Validity Generalization
• Statistical Analysis versus Pragmatic Value
• Chance Relationships
FEEDBACK & REPORTING
• Feedback & Report-writing for Aptitude Tests
Enrollment period* (i.e., deadline to complete all learning and assigments)
-90 days
Access period (i.e., amount of time you will have access to the course)
-1 year
Certificate
-Following completion of all course requirements, students receive an invoice from the British Psychological Society and following payment will appear on the BPS Register and receive soft-copy certification from the BPS.
PsyGOLD Membership
-Students get membership to our PsyGOLD program not only during their course, but for the life of the PsyGOLD program! PsyGOLD is our community of current and past students. We meet on a regular basis to present case studies of real psychometric testing experiences and receive professional development via peer feedback and expert advice from Dr Tyler. This is invaluable in continuing to develop competence in psychometrics under the support and guidance of a student- and competency-centred psychologist and helps graduates fulfil the BPS requirement of continuous professional development in psychometrics.
BPS Level 2 Personality Test User Course
For full details of the course and the certificate from the British Psychological Society, please see our main BPS Level 2 Personality Test User Online Training page.
Our online BPS Level 2 Personality Test User Course provides students with in-depth understanding in the use of psychometric personality assessments at work. The course is for those who have already completed both the BPS Level 1 Assistant Test User training and the BPS Level 2 Ability Test User training and who wish to be able to interpret and provide useful feedback about personality assessment results to respondents and decision-makers. Upon successful completion of the course, students become eligible for the BPS Level 2 Personality Test User Qualification as well as the EFPA Euro Test User Certification.
Topics covered
VALIDITY ISSUES SPECIFIC TO PERSONALITY ASSESSMENTS
• Validity Issues for Personality Questionnaires
• Statistical Analysis versus Pragmatic Value
• Chance Relationships and ‘Going Fishing’
• Multiple Regression for Personality Questionnaires
• Correction for Shrinkage
APPROACHES TO ASSESSING PERSONALITY
• Developing Questionnaires: Rational, Empirical and Theoretical Approaches
• Methods of Personality and Performance Assessment
• Response Style and Distortion in Personality Questionnaires
• Forms of distortion
• Minimising and Controlling Distortion
• Transparent versus Opaque Instruments
• Ipsative versus Normative Scaling
• Spurious Validity
• Pseudo-Scientific Measures of Personality
PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT INTERPRETATION
• Learning appropriate to the vast majority of personality assessments
• Specific focus on the Identity Self-Perception Questionnaire
• Consideration of multiple other personality assessments
PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT FEEDBACK
• Introduction to Feedback
• Purposes of Feedback
• Preparation for Feedback
• Feedback Skills
• The Feedback Interview Structure
• Discussing Results – Personality Assessments
PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT WRITTEN REPORTS
• The Interim Report
• The Integrated Report
Enrollment period* (i.e., deadline to complete all learning and assignments)
-90 days
Access period (i.e., amount of time you will have access to the course)
-1 year
Certificate
-Following completion of all course requirements, students receive an invoice from the British Psychological Society and following payment will appear on the BPS Register and receive soft-copy certification from the BPS.