The assessment I am going to review today is the Wonderlic assessment. As usual I will not compare and contrast it to the assessments of Profiles International. Anyone wishing a points of difference discussion can contact me.
Features and Benefits
Although Wonderlic has several other products and services, it is probably best known for the Wonderlic Personnel Test, a test of general intelligence or cognitive ability. The “Wonderlic” consists of 50 items that are administered in a 12-minute time period. Few who take the test areable to complete it in the allotted time. The most recent version of the WPT, called the Wonderlic Personnel Test-Revised (WPT-R), was introduced in 2007.
“Wonderlic” scores are expressed on a scale that goes to 100. A score of 20 indicates an average intelligence. Converting a Wonderlic Personnel Test score to an IQ score is accomplished by doubling the Wonderlic score and adding 60.
Named for its creator Eldon F. Wonderlic, an industrial psychologist, the “Wonderlic” became popular in business, beginning in 1937, because it could be administered in a short period of time and gave accurate results.
The first published normative study of the Wonderlic Personnel Test occurred in 1950.
The business was named E.F. Wonderlic & Associates, Inc. in 1961, and Charles F. Wonderlic succeeded his father as head of the firm. Under his leadership, the company expanded the number of products and services it offered. The company operates today under the leadership of Charles F. Wonderlic, Jr. Its headquarters is in Libertyville, Illinois.
Applications
The Wonderlic Personnel Test is used in hiring people to assure they have the mental skills to perform the job for which they are being hired. The company has referenced US Department of Labor data to determine the levels of intelligence required for different types of work. The test is intended to determine whether a candidate has the mental capacity to successfully do a particular job. It can be administered and scored on site by a human resources professional using pencil and paper, a stand-alone computer, or on the Internet. The WPT is also used for vocational guidance.
Other Wonderlic Facts
Decades ago, The Dallas Cowboys football team began using the Wonderlic Personnel Test in the team’s player selection process. It was believed that a player had to have a certain degree of intelligence to learn and remember the team’s complex system of plays.
Subsequently, other NFL teams adopted the WPT to measure the intelligence of college players. Eventually, the test was adopted by the National Football League and has been in use since the 1970s to assess the mental abilities of college football players prior to the annual college player draft.
Like many standardized tests, the “Wonderlic” consists of a series of multiple choice items. Vocabulary skills, math skills, problem solving skills, and spatial-relationship skills are challenged by the increasing difficulty of test items.
Items similar to those used in the “Wonderlic”
• What is the ninth month of the year?
• What number comes next in this series: 8, 4, 2, 1, ½, ¼, __?
• A pad of paper costs 19¢. What will five pads cost?
• The words “Resent” and “Reserve” have: (a) similar meanings, (b) contradictory
meanings, (c) neither a or b?
• A train is moving 25 feet in 1/5 second. At this speed, how far will the train travel in 7
seconds?
• Wire costs 12¢ a foot. How many feet of wire can you buy for 60¢?
• Which word is different from the others? (a) copper, (b) nickel, (c) aluminum, (d) wood,
(e) bronze
Another commonly used Wonderlic instrument, introduced in 1994, is the Wonderlic Basic Skills Test (WBST). This test measures a job candidate’s basic math and verbal skills. It is administered by a human resources professional. The WBST has two parts, a verbal test and a quantitative test, which can be administered together or separately. The test’s purpose is to determine job match based on data from the Department of Labor’s database of job descriptions.
The Wonderlic Basic Skills Test consists of these modules:
• Averages and Rounding
• Arithmetic
• Estimation and Sequences
• Exponents
• Basic Math
• Intermediate Math
• Measurement
• Nouns
• Percents and Ratios
• Basic Reading Comprehension
• Reading Vocabulary
• Verbs
For more information about Profiles International assessments go to http://www.myglobalhr.com/
The information in this document is, to the best of our knowledge, accurate, objective and up-to-date at the time of publication.
Although Wonderlic has several other products and services, it is probably best known for the Wonderlic Personnel Test, a test of general intelligence or cognitive ability. The “Wonderlic” consists of 50 items that are administered in a 12-minute time period. Few who take the test areable to complete it in the allotted time. The most recent version of the WPT, called the Wonderlic Personnel Test-Revised (WPT-R), was introduced in 2007.
“Wonderlic” scores are expressed on a scale that goes to 100. A score of 20 indicates an average intelligence. Converting a Wonderlic Personnel Test score to an IQ score is accomplished by doubling the Wonderlic score and adding 60.
Named for its creator Eldon F. Wonderlic, an industrial psychologist, the “Wonderlic” became popular in business, beginning in 1937, because it could be administered in a short period of time and gave accurate results.
The first published normative study of the Wonderlic Personnel Test occurred in 1950.
The business was named E.F. Wonderlic & Associates, Inc. in 1961, and Charles F. Wonderlic succeeded his father as head of the firm. Under his leadership, the company expanded the number of products and services it offered. The company operates today under the leadership of Charles F. Wonderlic, Jr. Its headquarters is in Libertyville, Illinois.
Applications
The Wonderlic Personnel Test is used in hiring people to assure they have the mental skills to perform the job for which they are being hired. The company has referenced US Department of Labor data to determine the levels of intelligence required for different types of work. The test is intended to determine whether a candidate has the mental capacity to successfully do a particular job. It can be administered and scored on site by a human resources professional using pencil and paper, a stand-alone computer, or on the Internet. The WPT is also used for vocational guidance.
Other Wonderlic Facts
Decades ago, The Dallas Cowboys football team began using the Wonderlic Personnel Test in the team’s player selection process. It was believed that a player had to have a certain degree of intelligence to learn and remember the team’s complex system of plays.
Subsequently, other NFL teams adopted the WPT to measure the intelligence of college players. Eventually, the test was adopted by the National Football League and has been in use since the 1970s to assess the mental abilities of college football players prior to the annual college player draft.
Like many standardized tests, the “Wonderlic” consists of a series of multiple choice items. Vocabulary skills, math skills, problem solving skills, and spatial-relationship skills are challenged by the increasing difficulty of test items.
Items similar to those used in the “Wonderlic”
• What is the ninth month of the year?
• What number comes next in this series: 8, 4, 2, 1, ½, ¼, __?
• A pad of paper costs 19¢. What will five pads cost?
• The words “Resent” and “Reserve” have: (a) similar meanings, (b) contradictory
meanings, (c) neither a or b?
• A train is moving 25 feet in 1/5 second. At this speed, how far will the train travel in 7
seconds?
• Wire costs 12¢ a foot. How many feet of wire can you buy for 60¢?
• Which word is different from the others? (a) copper, (b) nickel, (c) aluminum, (d) wood,
(e) bronze
Another commonly used Wonderlic instrument, introduced in 1994, is the Wonderlic Basic Skills Test (WBST). This test measures a job candidate’s basic math and verbal skills. It is administered by a human resources professional. The WBST has two parts, a verbal test and a quantitative test, which can be administered together or separately. The test’s purpose is to determine job match based on data from the Department of Labor’s database of job descriptions.
The Wonderlic Basic Skills Test consists of these modules:
• Averages and Rounding
• Arithmetic
• Estimation and Sequences
• Exponents
• Basic Math
• Intermediate Math
• Measurement
• Nouns
• Percents and Ratios
• Basic Reading Comprehension
• Reading Vocabulary
• Verbs
For more information about Profiles International assessments go to http://www.myglobalhr.com/
The information in this document is, to the best of our knowledge, accurate, objective and up-to-date at the time of publication.
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