User's Guide for the Police Candidate Interpretive Report

User’s Guide for the
Police Candidate
Interpretive Report
David M. Corey
Yossef S. Ben-Porath
Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
The Structure and Process of Police Candidate
Evaluations
Chapter 5. Using Pearson Software to Generate the
Police Candidate Interpretive Report
User-Designated Item-Level Information
Other Settings
Reporting Format
Using Interpretive Reports in Personnel Selection
Mandatory Settings
PCIR User Qualifications
Generating a PCIR From an MMPI-2 Test
Administration
The MMPI-2-RF
Chapter 2. Validity of the MMPI and MMPI-2 in
Preemployment Psychological Evaluations of Police
Candidates
References
Tables
Chapter 3. MMPI-2-RF Validity in Preemployment
Psychological Evaluations of Police Candidates
1-1. The MMPI-2-RF Scales
Detrick, Ben-Porath, and Sellbom (2014)
4-1. Geographic Distribution of the Police Officer
Candidate Comparison Group
Tarescavage, Brewster, Corey, and Ben-Porath
(2014)
4-2. Demographics for Police Officer Candidate
Comparison Group
Tarescavage, Corey, and Ben-Porath (2014a)
4-3. Means and Standard Deviations for MMPI-2-RF
Scales: Multisite Police Officer Candidate
Comparison Group
Tarescavage, Corey, and Ben-Porath (2014b)
Tarescavage, Corey, Gupton, and Ben-Porath (2014)
Tarescavage, Fischler, Cappo, Hill, Corey, and
Ben-Porath (2014)
4-4. Scales Considered in the Clinical Findings
Interpretation Section
Summary
4-5. Possible Diagnostic Considerations
Chapter 4. Structure and Content of the Police
Candidate Interpretive Report
The Police Officer Candidate Comparison Group
PCIR Example
Automated Interpretation
Synopsis
Protocol Validity
Clinical Findings
Diagnostic Considerations
Comparison Group Findings
4-6. T-Score Cutoffs for Generating Statements in
the Comparison Group Findings Interpretation
Section
4-7. Problem Domains Used as an Organizing
Structure in the PCIR
4-8. MMPI-2-RF Scales and T-Score Cutoffs for
Generating Statements in the Job-Relevant
Correlates Interpretation Section by Problem
Domain
4-9. Critical Follow-Up Items
4-10. MMPI-2-RF Items With Potentially Verifiable
Historical Content
Job-Relevant Correlates
Item-Level Information
Unscorable Responses
Critical Responses
User-Designated Item-Level Information
Critical Follow-Up Items
Annotation
Endnotes
Research Reference List
Under-Reporting
Summary
Figures
4-1. Police Officer Candidate CG vs. Law Enforcement
Candidate CG
4-2. MMPI-2-RF PCIR Sample Report for Mr. C
4-3. MMPI-2-RF PCIR Sample Report for Ms. D