The Benefits of Being Qualified in Psychological Testing
As the old saying goes: “If you want to get (a)head, get a hat”. The essence of this saying is that to get ahead and make yourself more employable / more needed, get more qualifications – that is, the ‘hat’ for your ‘head’ that you wear at a graduation ceremony. So, what are the benefits […]
Some Psychometrics Acronyms Explained
In this post, we thought that it would be useful to list some of the acronyms that you will come across whilst working in the area of psychometrics. This list is not intended to be exhaustive. Rather, we just wanted to give you a quick reference point. BPS: British Psychological Society. CCET: Certificate of Competence […]
Brief Descriptions of the Main Regulatory and Quality Assurance Organizations
In our previous post, we thought it would be useful to give you, in the one place, the contact details of the important organizations that you may wish to contact at some point regarding psychometrics (e.g., standards, quality assurance). In this second, related post, we will explain, briefly, who the organizations are. Anything other than […]
Contact Details of the Main Regulatory and Quality Assurance Organizations
In this post, we thought it would be useful to give you, in one place, the contact details of the important organizations that you may wish to contact at some point regarding psychometrics (e.g., standards, quality assurance). In a separate Blog, we give some descriptive details of these organizations so that you can fully understand […]
A Blog About Blogs (of sort)…
It might seem strange that we are writing a blog about other blogs (of sort)…but as the saying goes, ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!’ There are 2 really useful digests provided by the British Psychological Society (BPS: www.bps.org.uk) that we think are useful and worth signing-up for. The first is the award-winning Research […]
Have You Been Promoted to your Level of Incompetence?
Have You Been Promoted to your Level of Incompetence? This might seem like a strange question to ask anyone but have you ever considered if this is possible? Being promoted to your level of incompetence is known as ‘The Peter Principle’. The principle was proposed in 1969 by Dr Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull […]