Dr. Dave Bartram

This is a free wine and cheese reception at the Denver Art Museum (Palettes restaurant) with Dr. Dave Bartram, SHL Global Research Director. Dr. Bartram will present his research on the new, cutting-edge approach to assessments in the workplace. He will showcase the recently launched OPQ32r, the world's leading personality assessment that uses new advancements in item response theory to provide higher levels of validity and bias-resistance in a shorter, less complex assessment.

Professor Dave Bartram, occupational psychologist and head of technology and research division, SHL (workforce solutions provider)

1st August 2005; As a result of a year-long research project, Professor Dave Bartram, Research Director SHL Group PLC - world leaders in objective assessment - and SHL research statistician, Anna Brown, have shown that the nine types of the Enneagram are "real and objective," and that they are strongly supported by the psychometric techniques applied to the Enneagram.
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Commenting, Professor Dave Bartram said, "The research suggested that the nine Enneagram types, as described by Don Riso and Russ Hudson of The Enneagram Institute, do have validity as real and objective indicators of personality."

Full Press Release and full Research Report prepared for The Enneagram Institute by Professor Dave Bartram,

SHL research director Professor Dave Bartram believes working with Monster offers candidates an opportunity to practice the sort of ability tests they could face during the recruitment process. "It is important for candidates to become familiar both with the type of questions they will be asked and with the general process of taking these sorts of tests," said Bartram.Ian Florance, company secretary for the Business Test Publishers Association, believes that linking online psychometric assessment with a recruiter is a good idea in principle, but there must be clear guidelines for people taking the tests. "There's no reason why any candidate shouldn't take a psychometric test before going into an interview," he said.

1st August 2005; As a result of a year-long research project, Professor Dave Bartram, Research Director SHL Group PLC - world leaders in objective assessment - and SHL research statistician, Anna Brown, have shown that the nine types of the Enneagram are "real and objective," and that they are strongly supported by the psychometric techniques applied to the Enneagram.
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Commenting, Professor Dave Bartram said, "The research suggested that the nine Enneagram types, as described by Don Riso and Russ Hudson of The Enneagram Institute, do have validity as real and objective indicators of personality."
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Full Press Release and full Research Report prepared for The Enneagram Institute by Professor Dave Bartram,

While, SHL, a major provider of psychometric instruments, currently runs 70 sites for organisations involved in on-line recruitment and development, their R&D Director, Dave Bartram, advocates a more cautious approach.Apart from security and confidentiality issues, Bartram singles out the limitations of the technology itself.Controlling the timing of delivery, a way of ensuring that the system does not fail when someone is halfway through a test and consistency in both appearance and functionality for users are still the biggest concerns.

In order to counter the potential negative effects, it is essential to have a rigorous management control of the whole assessment process, ensuring feedback is of high quality and reflects good practice.Also, the results of the test should be further verified through interviews and other elements of the traditional selection process.

The International Testing Commission is already considering a classification and accreditation scheme that all publishers could adopt and which would provide an indication of the qualities of an instrument.