[IPAC-List] iPad-Based Testing

[Hawkes, Ben]

Good point from Mark Hammer: I think it’s a great time to start talking about mobile unproctored testing.

I have been very sceptical about mobile testing. As an industry, we’ve got PC-based testing pretty much covered (I think!) But introduce mobile devices – each with a different screen size, readability, connection speed – and we introduce many potential sources of error that will result in reduced reliability and validity. And that doesn’t even take into account the likely differences in test performance between taking the test at home versus taking it on a busy commuter train!

That said, I’m softening up. I’m trying to see it as simply another channel for online testing. And I do believe that over the next couple of years we’ll be seeing even more tests delivered that way. I’d be interested to hear others’ experiences and thoughts about it.

If any of you are attending SIOP Conference in April, there’s a discussion panel on this topic – “Selection via Smart Phone/Mobile Devices: Is I-O Psychology Ready?”, with Taleo, SHL Previsor and others (including me!)

- Ben


Ben Hawkes
Director, Simulation Development
Kenexa
London, UK

-----Original Message-----
From: John Ford [mailto:johnf at us.net] 
Sent: 14 February 2011 15:39
To: IPAC-List at ipacweb.org
Subject: [IPAC-List] iPad-Based Testing

One of the improvements I'd like to see for the iPad is the ability to turn it to landscape mode and display two iPhone-sized apps next to each other, with both functioning.  In theory this should not be a difficult addition now that there is multi-tasking.

While I'd like this so I can look at web pages and write notes about them, etc., this would be very good for iPad-based testing as well.  It would allow a test application to run next to an exhibit or tool like a calculator.

Just a thought...

-----Original Message-----
From: ipac-list-bounces at ipacweb.org [mailto:ipac-list-bounces at ipacweb.org] On Behalf Of Anthony Boyce
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 7:39 AM
To: IPAC-List at ipacweb.org
Subject: Re: [IPAC-List] Computer assisted testing


We started offering applicants the option of testing on their smart-phones for a client, in the past 12 months about 10% of applicants have chosen that option.

It would probably work for the iPad (Nook, too?) too, but I'm not sure if we've looked into the specifically... interesting suggestion.  


--Tony

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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Hammer [mailto:Mark.Hammer at psc-cfp.gc.ca] 
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 4:32 PM
To: IPAC-List at ipacweb.org
Subject: Re: [IPAC-List] Computer assisted testing

All of this has got me thinking.
 
There have been many informative discussions, here and at conferences,
regarding the pros and cons of unproctored on-line testing.
 
I wonder if now isn't a good time (albeit on another thread, since this
is about computer-assisted testing) to begin dialog about testing on
smart-phones, given how commonplace they have become, how many have
web-capabilities, and how many people will probably want to use them as
their principle text device.
 
Mark Hammer
Ottawa


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