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Generation
Comparison Chart
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When evaluating the comparative advantages of various
products, it is important to recognize the technological
generations that produced each instrument. Just as an
IBM 286 computer was once a leader in the marketplace,
1st and 2nd Generation assessment tools were important
in the early days of the industry. However, just as the
286 computer has long since been eclipsed by newer machines
with faster chips, the performance of older assessments
has been far surpassed by a number of breakthrough instruments
developed in the 1990's. It is not that the older tools
stopped working, any more than the IBM 286 "stopped
working". It is just that the accuracy and accessibility
of the information provided by newer tools allows business
an extraordinary range of options and applications never
dreamed of with older, simpler products. The following
chart is designed to illustrate the qualitative evolution
of some of the more common assessment tools used in the
United States and Canada.
| Generation |
Characteristics |
Examples |
| 6th
Generation |
Cognitive
&/or Personality
Designed for Business Use
Normative Instrument
Faking Scales
Requires No Experts
Turnkey Hiring System |
FirstViewTM |
| 5th
Generation |
Cognitive
&/or Personality
Designed for Business Use
Normative Instrument
Quantified Scales
Faking Scales
Requires Training or Experts |
TotalViewTM
Prevue
NEO-5
Harrison Inner View |
| 4th
Generation |
Cognitive
&/or Personality
Adapted for Business Use
Normative Instrument
Quantified Scales
Faking Scales
Requires Training or Experts |
Achiever |
| 3rd
Generation |
Cognitive
&/or Personality
Designed for Clinical Use
Normative Instrument
Quantified Scales
Faking Scales
Requires Experts |
MMPI
16PF |
| 2nd
Generation |
Behavioral
Styles/Some Traits
Ipsative Scales/Some Normative
Generalized Text Reports
Fakeable |
Caliper
Birkman
Myers-Briggs
Wonderlic CPP |
| 1st
Generation |
Simple
Behavioral Styles
Ipsative Scales
Fakeable |
DISC
Predictive Index
McQuaig
TTI
Activity Vector Analysis
Omnia
ProScan Survey |
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