Nipsative Tests

Nipsative Assessment – Key Facts What are Nipsative Tests Nipsative assessments are a combination of both ‘ipsative‘ and ‘normative‘ type assessment. These types of assessments are rare and new in the test publishing industry and are a useful way of identifying reliable norm groups (see glossary for definition of ‘norms’). Normative questionnaires simply ask individuals to rate a statement […]

Normative Tests

Normative Assessments – Key Facts What are Normative Tests Normative tests are typically used to assess Personality. The most common questionnaires use normative questions. These questions are presented in the form of statements (for assessment) to which the test taker is required to indicate their level of agreement or disagreement on a scale of 1 to […]

Ipsative Tests

Ipsative Tests – Key Facts Ipsative tests describe the way the questions are presented, normally in the case of Personality assessment. Ipsative tests use a forced-choice format, where you are required to choose an item that is ‘most’ like you and one that is ‘least’ like you from four equally attractive options.  Employers use ipsative tests […]

SHL OPQ – Occupational Personality Questionnaire: 2024 Full Guide

Reading time: 15 minutes Summary Are you a recruiter or hiring manager looking for candidate pre-employment assessment tests and tools including personality tests? We invite you to visit our Assess Candidates website.  What is the SHL Occupational Personality Questionnaire? How does the OPQ work? How do we prepare for the OPQ? If these are questions […]