Test-taker reactions to online completion of the OPQ32i - SHL Research Report - Version 1.3

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Study examines candidates’ perceptions when completing the ipsative version of the Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ32i) online. Data come from 54 anonymised feedback forms submitted after participants finished OPQ32i online, with paper-and-pencil follow-up for those taking OPQ32 online for SHL client organisation SyBlue. Context includes prior findings that OPQ32i data were not biased by remote administration or lack of a local administrator, followed by reporting of biographical profile and results including Internet access patterns.

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Section A: Internet Access

Kent Academic Repository Bartram, Dave and Brown, Anna (2003) Test-taker reactions to online completion of the OPQ32i. Project report. SHL Group, Surrey, UK Downloaded from [https://kar.kent.ac.uk/98016/](https://kar.kent.ac.uk/98016/ The University of Kent)[ The University of Kent](https://kar.kent.ac.uk/98016/ The University of Kent)'s Academic Repository KAR The version of record is available from This document version Publisher pdf DOI for this version Licence for this version UNSPECIFIED Additional information Versions of research works Versions of Record If this version is the version of record, it is the same as the published version available on the publisher's web site. Cite as the published version. Author Accepted Manuscripts If this document is identified as the Author Accepted Manuscript it is the version after peer review but before typesetting, copy editing or publisher branding. Cite as Surname, Initial. (Year) 'Title of article'. To be published in Title of Journal , Volume and issue numbers [peer-reviewed accepted version] . Available at: DOI or URL (Accessed: date) . Enquiries If you have questions about this [document contact ](document contact ResearchSupport@kent.ac.uk. Please)[ResearchSupport@kent.ac.uk](document contact ResearchSupport@kent.ac.uk. Please)[. Please](document contact ResearchSupport@kent.ac.uk. Please) include the URL of the record in KAR. If you believe that your, or a third party's rights have been compromised through this document please see our Take Down policy (available from [https://www.kent.ac.uk/guides/kar-the-kent-academic-repository\#policies](https://www.kent.ac.uk/guides/kar-the-kent-academic-repository#policies)) . Test-taker reactions to online completion of the OPQ32i SHL Research Report Version 1.3. 13 January 2003 Dave Bartram and Anna Brown SHL Head Office Research Division Copyright © 2003 by SHL Group plc The Pavilion, 1 Atwell Place Thames Ditton, Surrey, KT7 0NE Approved for general release All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd. , 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 0LP, UK, without the permission of the publisher. OPQ Online Feedback This study is part of an ongoing programme of research exploring the impact of online administration and, in particular, remote administration. Previous work (Bartram and Brown, 2002) showed that OPQ32i data are not biased in any way either by online administration or by the absence of a local test administrator. The present research considers candidates’ perceptions of completing the ipsative version of the Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ32i) online. The present report describes the results from 54 feedback forms completed by testtakers after they had completed the OPQ32i online. All those taking OPQ32 online for one of SHL’s client organisations, SyBlue, were invited to complete a paper-andpencil questionnaire after they had responded to the OPQ32 . Every candidate received the feedback form and a pre-paid envelope to post it back to SHL. Questionnaires were completed anonymously, and there was no means of relating feedback responses to OPQ32 data. SyBlue is an executive search and recruitment consultancy specialising in middle to senior level appointments. The way in which SyBlue uses the psychometric assessment is unique in the headhunting market place. Whilst in theory other headhunters could utilise similar objective techniques, on the whole it goes against the industry norm where head-hunters pride themselves on their ability to judge people over the phone and face to face in interview. In fact, research into interviewing suggests that

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What does the report study about online OPQ32i completion?

It investigates test-takers’ perceptions of completing the ipsative OPQ32i online. The focus is on user experience after remote completion.

How were the feedback forms collected and handled?

Participants completed anonymised feedback forms after finishing OPQ32i online. There was no way to link feedback responses to OPQ32 data.

What participant background information is summarized in the results?

The report summarizes age, education level, and years of work experience for the respondents, including distribution percentages across ranges.

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