Program Evaluation of an Assessment Center
The instrument used for ability or aptitude testing is the Differential Aptitude Test (DAT) which measures abilities that are specific to an individual, including; clerical speed, abstract reasoning, numerical capacity, space relations, mechanical reasoning, spelling, verbal reasoning, language usage, accuracy, and academic ability (Mankar & Chevan, 2013). The DAT is tested advantageous because it helps to identify the specific training needs of an individual. However, it is disadvantageous because failing in aptitude does mean that an individual is incapable of performing well, and there could be factors other than ability, which affect performance.
The specific instrument used in the area of professional career or interests is the Strong Interest Inventory Tool (SIIT), which offers profound insights into the career interests of a person, and helps the individuals to discover possible career paths that they may not have had in mind. In this way, individuals find plenty of information regarding the best approach to consider in the employment or work arena (Bimrose et al., 2007). The advantage of SIIT is that it deems differences in gender, which other tests fail to consider. However, the main disadvantage of the test is that it requires an expert to help interpret the outcomes.
The psychological testing and assessment instrument used to test personality is the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). The MMPI tool evaluates the psychopathology of an individual’s personality. Employers, for instance, use the test to make sure that an employee or a job-seeker has sound-mind (Buchanan, 1994). Therefore, the analysis is critical in industries’ decision-making, or the execution of jobs might be impaired by ill mental health. The primary advantage of the MMPI is that it is widely researched; therefore, very valid. The disadvantage of the test is that it has lengthy questions and has to be administered, interpreted, and correlated by trained personnel.
Importantly, the issue of scoring the scale used in the tests might affect utility as well as utility analysis of the tests. I would evaluate the effectiveness of the criteria by assessing their standardization, mainly asking similar questions to participants. Besides, the tests would be considered adequate if they are reliable, valid, predictable, and objective. The inclusion of a computerized assessment may help to enhance reliability through the identification of specific words that are continually repeated during the evaluations.