Proctored versus unproctored online testing using a personality measure: Are there any differences?

Impetus in recruiting and testing candidates via the Internet results from the popularity of the World Wide Web. There has been a transition from paper-pencil to online testing because of large number of benefits afforded by online testing. Though the benefits of online testing are many, there may be serious implications of testing job applicants in unproctored settings. The focus of this field study was two-fold: (1) to examine differences between the proctored and unproctored online test administrations of the ipsative version of Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ32i and (2) to extend online testing research using OPQ32i with a U.S population. A large sample (N = 5223) of archival selection data from a financial company was used, one group was tested in proctored and the other in unproctored settings. Although some statistical differences were found, very small to small effect sizes indicate negligible differences between the proctored and unproctored groups. Principal component analysis with varimax rotation was conducted. The scales not only loaded differently from the Great Eight factor model suggested by SHL, but also differently for the two groups, limiting their interpretability. In addition to the limitations and future directions of the study, the practical implications of the results for companies considering unproctored, online personality testing as a part of their selection process are discussed.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2007

Author dc:creator

• Gupta, Dipti

Contributors dc:contributor

• Marshall, Linda L.
• Beyerlein, Michael
• Clark, Michael
• Quintela, Joel

• unproctored settings
• online testing
• OPQ32i
• Great Eight factor model
• Employee selection.
• Employment tests -- Data processing.
• Personality tests -- Data processing.

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Gupta, Dipti
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 191882908
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3967/
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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