Do you trust Psychometric testing?

[Mind Over Matter]

It is probably more important to know what you are good at than it is to know your IQ.

The earlier in life a person learns their strengths and weaknesses the happier they can be.

I think for those of us who want to understand a person's aptitude so we can play to that person's strengths the good ship "Psychometric testing" is still afloat.

What are your thoughts?

 

[M00se1989]

I want to take the test!!!

the law of comparative judgement relates to my ideas.

"In somewhat more technical terms, the law of comparative judgment is a mathematical representation of a discriminal process, which is any process in which a comparison is made between pairs of a collection of entities with respect to magnitudes of an attribute, trait, attitude, and so on. The theoretical basis for the model is closely related to item response theory and the theory underlying the Rasch model, which are used in Psychology and Education to analyse data from questionnaires and tests."(wiki)

can a test of intelligence not be a usefull tool in determining a person's stregnths and weaknesses?

 

[Mind Over Matter]

can a test of intelligence not be a usefull tool in determining a person's stregnths and weaknesses?

We have no problem identifying attributes (what you term strengths and weaknesses)

We have no problem identifying the relative strength or weakness of an attribute (Whose hair is more blond? Who is taller?) [Who scores higher on honesty?]

The problem always comes down to "Is this attribute a VALID indicator of success or failure on the job?"

 

[origin]

Why is this in parapsyhology?

 

[R1D2]

Well this isn't what I thought it was.
Psychometric testing. Never heard this term before now.