Word: sackett
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Guyatt and another doctor, David Sackett, wanted to go a step further by making sure doctors used the evidence that was collected and ranked. Many physicians began doing just that, but there have been a few nasty surprises...
Sources: Annie Murphy Paul; Paul Sackett; Challenger, Gray & Christmas...
...accurate are they? No test is an infallible predictor of behavior, says Paul Sackett, a professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota who has studied the tests for 25 years. But standards have improved vastly over the past decade, thanks to the emergence of a uniform language involving five main types of behavior. The testing industry remains largely unregulated, however. "There's still a Wild West of unsupported, unproven tests out there," says Annie Murphy Paul, author of The Cult of Personality Testing...
...personality test? Yes, say books and websites that purport to tell you how. Applicants often try to answer questions to make themselves look attractive. But tests have got better at fingering the liars, mainly by arranging questions to indicate a pattern--"a lie scale, if you will," says Sackett. Dinah Daniels, CEO of testing company PI Worldwide, says built-in alarms go off when an applicant is faking. Says Sackett: "My advice is to take the test at face value and describe yourself clearly and honestly. If you fit the job, great. If you don't, maybe it wasn...
...JUBAL SACKETT, L'Amour...