The Development of Test, Investigating the Accuracy of Professional Evaluation

The aim of this article is to describe test construction process. It could be used to estimate appraisers’ performance. The authors used 5 scales of the 16 Personality Factors Raymond Cattell's test “Warmth”, “Reasoning”, “Emotional Stability”, “Dominance” “Rule-Consciousness”. Stimulus material for this test consists of a set of video records showing behavior of four respondents in three different situations: (interview), work in a pair (role playing game), work in small group (panel discussion). Each video record lasts from 4 to 7 minutes. Testee estimates people's bechaviour on the video record. Test has two forms. Test was proved to have internal consistency, parallel-form reliability, test- retest reliability, criteria and construct validity