Discussion:
Interviewing vs Testing
The warden at a prison where you work has discovered that parole decisions made by a panel of interviewers often turn out to be wrong, with released prisoners often committing crimes and retained prisoners often demonstrating model behavior. The warden asks the prison psychologist to make a recommendation regarding whether parole decisions should be made on specific test batteries or interviews. Assuming that you need to choose one or the other, what would you recommend as a method for deciding paroleâ?"a test battery or the panel interview?
A explanation of differences between objective (testing) and subjective (interviewing) methods.