Reliability and validity are essential considerations in the use of psychometric assessments for hiring decisions. Reliability ensures consistent results across applications, providing a stable measure of the intended traits. Validity, on the other hand, evaluates whether the assessment accurately measures the constructs it claims to and fulfills its intended purpose.
The EQ technical manual contains information on the history and development of emotional intelligence from its beginnings to the current implementation of the concepts as psychometric assessments. Included in this manual are a host of statistical and psychometric analyses used to establish evidence of the validity and reliability of the TTI Success Insights EQ assessment. Version 1.2 includes adaptation analyses for the United Kingdom and Australian versions, as well as analysis for the German EQ adaptation.
In many cases, organization such as the American Psychological Association, provide general guidelines without providing specific guidance. As an example, we discuss the concepts of acceptable levels of reliability coefficients, as measured by the so-called “alpha” coefficients where after several decades there remains a lack of consensus.
The follow-on article discusses the specifics of the TTI Success Insights approach to addressing the American Psychological Association’s (APA) viewpoints toward and suggestions for measuring critical components of our assessments. The paper focuses on defining and explaining how TTISI is collecting evidence of validity and reliability.
The EQ technical manual contains information on the history and development of emotional intelligence from its beginnings to the current implementation of the concepts as psychometric assessments. Included in this manual are a host of statistical and psychometric analyses used to establish evidence of the validity and reliability of the TTI Success Insights EQ assessment.