Psychometrics - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Aug 2016
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Lending a Hand to Small Businesses in Emerging Markets

lenders a better understanding of both the skills and the personality of loan applicants. Based on psychometrics research conducted at the Harvard Center for International Development, the questions on this test seek not to mimic the data... View Details

01 Apr 1997
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HBS Duo Offers Personalized Career Assessment

success. An unusual feature of the book is the inclusion of a diskette containing the Business Career Interest Inventory (BCII), a self-scoring psychometric tool developed by the authors, who are also psychologists and principals in a... View Details

Keywords: Bob Binstock

01 Jun 2019
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Case Study: Mind the Gap

platform, signing partnerships with software houses (70 and counting), and creating a digital fingerprint for each engineer—incorporating a mix of professional competencies and a person’s psychometric profile. Meanwhile the founders are... View Details

Keywords: Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

04 Sep 2019
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Case Study: Up in the Air

is building the platform, signing partnerships with software houses (70 and counting), and creating a digital fingerprint for each engineer—incorporating a mix of professional competencies and a person’s psychometric profile. Meanwhile,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

09 Feb 2017
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Turning Disorder into Opportunity

11 trainees, chosen through the Specialisterne Assessment process, in Adelaide. During the assessment, candidates completed individual and team projects using Lego Mindstorms, as well as undergoing psychometric testing for... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Dec 2015
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Truth in Lending

30-minute credit test is based on research in psychometrics conducted at Harvard’s Center for International Development to help lenders understand both the skills and the personality of loan applicants. The questions on the test seek not... View Details

Keywords: April White

09 Mar 2021
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A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible

asked to pay their $20,000 fees even though they are also required to study from home using video they could probably get on YouTube,” he says. “That can’t last.” Alison also now provides free psychometric testing and cognitive skills... View Details