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Upcoming Events

3-day practical workshop on
IRT and CAT using Concerto
7-9 August 2013, Cambridge, UK

5-day course leading to
BPS Certificates of Test Use
(formerly BPS Level A and B)
2-6  Sept 2013, Cambridge, UK

Summer School: Quantitative
Methods in Social Science
August 2013, Cambridge, UK

Jumpstart Mplus: Researcher
Development Workshop
11-13 Sept 2013, Cambridge, UK

Orpheus: a personality test designed for use in occupational settings

Orpheus is a big-five measure of personality developed specifically for use in the workplace. As well as the big five measures of Fellowship (Extraversion), Authority (reverse Agreeableness), Conformity (reverse Openness), Emotion (Neuroticism) and Detail (Consientiousness) it contains an Unlikely Responses Scale (Lie, Social Desirability, or Impression Management) and seven minor scales assessing the integrity traits of Proficiency, Work Orientation, Patience, Fair-mindedness, Loyalty and Initiative.

Key Benefits

• Based on the 'Big Five' model of personality within a work context - Fellowship, Authority, Conformity,Emotion, Detail.
• Seven additional scales - Proficiency, Work-orientation, Patience, Fair-mindedness, Loyalty, Disclosure, Initiative.
• Developed in collaboration with several UK blue chip companies.
• Monitors for response biases - dishonesty, social desirability, acquiescence, contradiction.
• Published by a well respected test publisher - The Psychological Corporation.
• Standardized in the UK on a representative sample of employees from a broad range of organisations, occupations, educational levels and ethnic groups.
• Its 190 items are quick to administer and score in either paper and pencil form, by computer or over the internet.
• Incorporates state-of-the-art psychometric procedures in scoring.

Orpheus is published by TalentLens, the HR subsidary of Pearson Assessment.

Training in Orpheus use

The Centre provides a five-day course leading to the British Psychological Society's Certificates of Test Use (formerly the Certificates of Competence in Occupational Testing (Intermediate Level B). The last three days of the course is available for those who already have foundation training in another instrument. Click here for details.