Articles from April 2007

What are psychometric tests and questionnaires?

Many companies used to rely solely on interviews to assess candidates for most jobs, and quite a lot still do. However, we know that interviews can be highly subjective and don’t necessarily produce the most accurate results. Consequently, many companies are complementing the interview with more objective and accurate assessment methods such as these.
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New dating site offers more ways to meet your match

Canadian Jewish News – JLove also suggests that each member complete a personality assessment test to help find a match. Its JType personality profiling system allows members to use their assessment results to search for other members that they’re compatible with. …
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Girls outdo boys in HS career tests (INQ7.net)

GIRLS did relatively better than boys in the first-ever National Career Assessment Examination (NCAE) given by the education department to help high school graduates decide what courses to pursue when they get to college.
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Female migraine sufferers have better memories: study

Australian Broadcasting Corp. – But one of Australia’s leading experts on headaches says more thorough research is needed, with detailed psychometric examination. Professor James Lance is a consultant in neurology at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney. JAMES LANCE: I think that …
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A chronic fatigue syndrome – related proteome in human cerebrospinal …

BioMed Central – The pooled HC and HC individuals had virtually identical demographic, pain threshold, and psychometric results. The variances for the pooled HC results were small indicating homogeneity regardless of age or gender. Results for cohort 1 CFS and PGI …
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