Psychology at Work,
Empowering Performance

Successful organisations recognise the need to make the most of their best asset, their people. Psychology is increasingly being used in the workplace to develop resilient staff who can adapt easily to change, and to help boost productivity through increased motivation and engagement.

Challenge of Change

Psychometrics: lies, damn lies and statistics?

An article written by Dr Derek Roger for HRINZ HumanResources magazine, June July 2009.

In a quote variously attributed to Mark Twain or Benjamin Disraeli, lies are described on a continuum: there are ordinary lies, there are damn lies and, worst of all, statistics.  In fact, statistics are just numerical ways of expressing things and have no particular valence, but they can certainly be used to mislead people, and when they’re presented without clarification they are easily misunderstood. 

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