Judgment Index FAQ
What benefit will NCCER's Judgment Index bring to my organization?
The NCCER Judgment Index will benefit your organization in a variety of ways:
- Improved selection/hiring practices
- Reduced turnover/backdoor turnover
- Improved customer service
- Increased productivity
- Succession planning
- Better individual and team decision making
- Increased innovation
- Reduced stress
- Identifying potential burnout
- Greater strategic awareness
- Higher company morale
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Who benefits from the Judgment Index?
The Judgment Index is available for craft, supervisory and management level employees; and the Judgment Index is useful for evaluating judgment capacity for all employees. The Judgment Index is not a determination of skill set competencies, rational intelligence, or emotional stability; it is a determination of the capacity for good judgment. Improvements in judgment will improve an organization from the boardroom to the job site.
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How long before we see results?
Results in hiring / workforce selection will be seen immediately. Additional results are usually apparent within three months as decision-making and judgment processes improve. The Judgment Index has saved organizations millions of dollars, greatly improved financial strength, increased innovation, productivity, creativity, and improved the overall quality of life for their employees.
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We already use a personnel assessment tool, why use the Judgment Index?
Most inventories are either personality profiles or psychiatric wellness indexes. Personality profiles may produce interesting information, but personality is simply not a sufficient predictor of success, whereas judgment is. For example, it is not difficult to identify ten excellent, successful doctors, pilots, CEO's, soldiers, engineers, construction workers, or customer service reps, etc. all with completely different personalities. However, any doctor, pilot, CEO, soldier, engineer, construction worker, or customer service rep with bad judgment, no matter what their personality, will not perform as desired. The NCCER Judgment Index can be used effectively in conjunction with other assessment tools.
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What resources and efforts are required to implement the Judgment Index?
Someone in your organization will be required to attend the one day Judgment Index Facilitator Training Program in order to utilize the NCCER reports. NCCER certified assessment proctors and coordinators working with an Accredited Assessment Center (AAC) can administer the Judgment Index, but only a Judgment Index Facilitator can print the results/reports. We suggest training approximately one company expert per 1,000 company employees. Please call NCCER customer service at 888.622.3720 or visit www.nccer.org for a training schedule.
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Once an agreement is reached, what do we do next?
Immediately at the conclusion of training, your organization will be able to purchase the Judgment Index and access the various NCCER reports in similar fashion to the purchase of an NCCER skills and knowledge assessment, if your organization is an AAC. If your organization is NOT an AAC, contact NCCER customer service for a list of Judgment Index sites at 888-622-3720.
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Can someone trick or game the Index? How certain are the results?
The Judgment Index is very difficult to game. The words and phrases used in the Index give little indication as to a desirable order of ranking. They do not ask what a person thinks of themselves; they ask them to think. In addition, if someone does attempt to trick the Index, validity indicators suggest a retake.
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How does the Judgment Index work?
An individual, based on their unique personal value system, ranks two sets of 18 selections from best to worst. Even though the Index takes only about 15 minutes to complete, the Judgment Index logic and the math used to score the Index are highly sophisticated. There are over six quadrillion possible combinations, and based on these combinations and very complex analysis, the capacity for judgment is measured.
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Is the Judgment Index a personality or IQ test?
No, personality profiles are often used to help determine psychiatric wellness; and an IQ test measures rational intelligence. The NCCER Judgment Index is used to determine the capacity for good judgment.
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Does the Judgment Index discriminate against any particular group of people?
The Judgment Index has been shown to have no adverse impact on any protected group as defined by the EEOC. The results are not skewed based on any race, religion, or gender.
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Are there validation studies?
Yes, the Judgment Index has been thoroughly validated. Large scale validation studies are available on request from RiverCity Consulting Services at www.rc1global.com.
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