SCIENCE

PSYCHOMETRICS AND PREDICTABILITY

SIMPLY FACTS - ADVANCED SCIENCE

25+ million people have been assessed worldwide.

8000+ clients are applying the assessments worldwide.

350+ validity studies that establish statistically-valid correlations to key workplace outcomes such as tenure, turnover, sales and customer satisfaction have been conducted by the PI science team.

We know it works and we can scientifically prove that it works.

PSYCHOMETRICS.
What is it all about?

Unlike tangible fields where you can directly measure a subject —like height and weight— mental capacities and processes are invisible and therefore cannot be measured directly. Psychometrics is about building tools that indirectly but accurately measure people’s psychological make-up. Psychometric tools like PI Behavioral Assessment™ and PI Cognitive Assessment™ are built to enable us to measure the underlying personality traits and cognitive abilities of people.

PI assessments are developed following recognised psychological standards and guidelines, including the American Psychological Association (APA), the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), and the International Test Commission (ITC). These guidelines provide a framework for test construction and the proper use of assessments. The Predictive Index provides well-researched, valid and reliable employee assessments which can help support clients’ legal compliance with the EEOC and the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures.

PI BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT
(PI BA)

HISTORY

PI BA was developed and introduced by Arnold S. Daniels in 1955 and has since then been in widespread commercial use.
PI BA is a theory-based self-report measure of normal (non-clinical) adult personality, built and validated extensively and exclusively for use within occupational and organisational populations.

Revisions, iterations and updates of the assessment are ongoing and have occurred in 1958, 1963, 1988, 1992 and 2016.

PI BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT
(PI BA)

METHODOLOGY

PI BA is untimed (takes app. 6 min. to complete) and employs a free-choice response format.
Assessment takers are presented with two pages each containing a question followed by the same 86 adjectives. The question on page 1 asks the assessment taker to endorse adjectives that they feel describe the way they are expected to act by others (the Self-Concept domain) and the question on page 2 asks them to endorse adjectives they feel really describe them (the Self domain).
The responses are tallied to obtain scores for the appropriate factor to produce the Self, Self-Concept and Synthesis patterns which are displayed graphically.

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PI COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT
(PI CA)

HISTORY

The PI Cognitive Assessment was developed in 2010 by CEB Valtera for Predictive Systems Pte. Ltd. and became a part of The Predictive Index suite in 2015.

PI CA is a cognitive assessment tool that measures an individual’s general cognitive ability and primarily serves as an assessment tool in recruitment and talent management processes.

Revisions, iterations and updates of the assessment are ongoing.

PI COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT
(PI CA)

METHODOLOGY

PI CA is a speed test (12 minutes) which consists of 50 multiple-choice questions from three content categories (Verbal, Numerical, and Abstract Reasoning) and nine subcategories. The sum of the scores from the three categories represents the PI Cognitive Assessment Scaled Score, which is a measure of g (the general cognitive ability).

PI CA employs a Linear-on-the-Fly testing (LOFT) design, which is marketed as a “dynamic assessment design”. LOFT is a computer-based test format where items are randomly selected from predetermined subsets (or buckets) every time a test is issued, resulting in unique combinations of the questions.

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PI EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE SURVEY
(PI XP)

HISTORY

PI XP is a survey that measures engagement mapped to the four forces of disengagement; job, manager, people and organisation.

Commercialised in 2020. PI XP is built on an algorithm identifying the items with the highest impact on engagement within the organisation.

PI XP is designed to measure 1) overall engagement, 2) the employees’ perceptions of their day-to-day job, 3) the perceptions of their direct manager, 4) the perceptions of the people they work with daily, and 5) the perceptions of their overall work experiences at the organisation.

PI EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE SURVEY
(PI XP)

METHODOLOGY

PI XP is an untimed 50 item questionnaire that takes about 20 minutes to complete.

The assessment is completed by the existing workforce rating (Likert scale rating) the extent to which they agree on the presented item.

The results reveal % favorable (agree and strongly agree) compared to an organisational benchmark and to an external benchmark.

Based on the responses the managers are provided reports highlighting 3 strengths and 5 blind spots. The selected blind spots are the ones with the highest impact on engagement and include suggestions for actions to improve supported by PI reports.

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TEAM DISCOVERY

HISTORY

Team Discovery was developed by The Predictive Index and was launched in 2019.

Team Discovery is a tool containing two parts 1) explore individual strengths and potential blind spots on an individual level and at a team level (Team Type) to increase awareness and appreciation of diversity to ultimately build effective, cooperative, and high performing teams 2) define the strategic priorities to identify the areas where the team members need to emphasize current behaviour or stretch to execute the identified strategy.

Team Discovery is based upon Cameron & Quinn’s interpretation of the Competing Values Framework a well-known framework for understanding organisational culture.

TEAM DISCOVERY

METHODOLOGY

Team Discovery builds on the PI profiles of the individual team members. Based upon the overall behavioural emphasis of the team members a Team Type is determined.

Behind the Team Type identification algorithm lies an extensive literature review and test development process to ensure that the objectives were sound, representative of their theorised quadrants, empirically related to the four primary factors of the PI Behavioral Assessment, and valid in defining strategic direction.

The behavioural patterns of each team member are considered in aggregate, with the Team Type determined by the overall emphasis. The strategic emphasis is defined through a subset of the 20 team objectives in PI software.

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