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Xyting Insight™ was developed by XYTE Inc. of Madison, Wisconsin.
XYTE clients that have benefited from the instrument include organizations
such as Bristol Myers, Morgan Stanley, First Mutual Financial, Airbus
SAS, the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, and the US Navy and Army.
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Psychometric testing has shown Xyting Insight™
to be both
reliable and valid. In addition, results
of
the assessment are monitored
on an on-going basis.
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Techniques used to ensure reliability, validity and cultural impartiality include:
- Test retests to measure consistency
of results
- Correlations or item consistency with scales
- Chronbach alpha scores
- Careful logical reviews of questions
to ensure content validity
- Testing face validity through hundreds
of face-to-face interviews, as well as having every individual who
takes the instrument rank his/her degree of agreement with results
on a five-point scale
- R Mode factor analysis
- Conducting
follow-up personal interviews and comparing them with instrument-generated
results
- Factor analysis for consistency across race, age
and gender
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