Learning to Be an Interdisciplinary Researcher: Incorporating Training About Dispositional and Epistemological Differences Into Graduate Student Environmental Science Teams

Learning to Be an Interdisciplinary Researcher: Incorporating Training About Dispositional and Epistemological Differences Into Graduate Student Environmental Science Teams

Effective interdisciplinary research (IR) teams require skills of collaboration, sharing, and abilities to integrate knowledge from diverse disciplines. Pre-post data was collected using three learning modules designed to support the development of collaboration and teamwork skills in the context of IR. Results showed (1) participants learned and practiced essential collaborative skills in authentic contexts; (2) training modules were valued and helped participants recognize the important role that personal dispositional characteristics have on IR teams; (3) participants’ confidence in adapting to differences among team members increased; and (4) participants recognized that effective collaboration requires intentionality. This paper also introduces the concept of dispositional distancing.

An Application of Logistic Regression in Identifying Target Populations Using TriMetrix EQ Variables

An Application of Logistic Regression in Identifying Target Populations Using TriMetrix EQ Variables

This study establishes relationships between several external variables based on demographic information obtained using the O*Net job classification model and the scales of the TTI Success Insights TriMetrix EQ assessment. The work uses a logistic regression modeling approach to derive statistically significant functional relationships between the TriMetrix EQ scales and membership in the job classification group of interest. ROC curve analysis is used to show the classification algorithm outperforms the standard random selection technique.

TTI Success Insights Style Insights® 2016 Temporal Consistency Report

TTI Success Insights Style Insights® 2016 Temporal Consistency Report

Temporal consistency (a form of test-retest) is one of many forms of reliability that help establish an assessment as fully reliable and valid. This report of 7,742 individuals provides continuing evidence of temporal consistency, which adds to the argument that the TTI SI Styles Insights assessment has test-retest reliability.

TTISI Behavioral Assessment Test-Retest Pilot Study

TTISI Behavioral Assessment Test-Retest Pilot Study

This test-retest pilot study included 86 participants who took the behavioral assessment twice with an average separation of 38 days. The comparison showed no significant difference in the two reports and reliability was above 0.8 on both natural and adapted constructs.

TTI SI Style Insights® v Big 5 Personality Inventory: University Students Validation Study

TTI SI Style Insights® v Big 5 Personality Inventory: University Students Validation Study

One way to establish different forms of validity is to run comparison studies against known, established psychometric assessments. In this study, the TTI Success Insights Style Insights® behavioral assessment is compared with the Big Five Personality Inventory on a population of US university students. In general, the study shows some interesting correlations, but more importantly, the study shows that these two assessments are measuring different constructs.