[IPAC-List] Use of integrity assessments in public sector

[Winfred Arthur, Jr]

Jim, i cannot help but note that my reading and understanding of the 
extant literature is quite at odds w/ the broad sweeping stmt that is 
represented by the 1st sentence of the DoL text.  and whereas there are 
aspects of this work that one could quibble about, for instance, as a 
starting point, see Table 1 and Table 2 of Schmidt and Hunter (1998; 
this the Psych Bull "validity and utility of selection methods in 
personnel selection" paper).  the respective "integrity tests" 
criterion-related validities for "overall job performance" and "overall 
performance in job training programs" are .41 and .38.

and concerning the subsequent sentences/advice . . . would that not be 
the case for any predictor?  is this inherently peculiar to integrity tests?

- winfred


On 1/2/2014 5:27 PM, Jim Kuthy wrote:

>

> According to the U.S. Department of Labor's publication, "Testing and 

> Assessment: An Employer's Guide to Good Practices," (2000)(see 

> http://www.onetcenter.org/dl_files/empTestAsse.pdf) ...

>

> "All honesty and integrity measures have appreciable prediction 

> errors. To minimize prediction

>

> errors, thoroughly follow up on poor-scoring individuals with 

> retesting, interviews, or reference

>

> checks. In general, integrity measures should not be used as the sole 

> source of information for

>

> making employment decisions about individuals."

>

> I couldn't have said it better.

>

> Jim

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> *From:*Reid Klion [mailto:RKlion at panpowered.com]

> *Sent:* Thursday, January 02, 2014 2:38 PM

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> *Subject:* [IPAC-List] Use of integrity assessments in public sector

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> Happy 2014 to all!

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> I am curious about the group's thoughts about a question that was 

> recently posed by a colleague regarding the use of integrity tests in 

> the public sector. Integrity tests are used fairly broadly in the 

> private sector for individuals applying for "positions of trust." 

> However, neither of us were aware of their usage in the public sector 

> (setting aside the use of psychological assessments for the selection 

> of public safety officers which uses a different set of assessments 

> much broader in scope ).  Anyone have any thoughts or anecdata? Thanks-

>

> Reid

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