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Assessments

HOW IT WORKS

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Get Certified

Learn from experts in interactive online sessions with peers from around the world in our best-in-class certifications programs. You’ll deepen your understanding of coaching, leadership development, and build confidence in expertise in using assessments. 

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Access Insights

Once you’ve completed your certification requirements, you’ll have access to Quest, a smooth online portal where you can order assessments, manage projects, communicate with participants, and more. 

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Keep Learning

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Our Scientific Approach

The MRG Advantage:
Powerful Insights Delivered from a

Distinctive

Design

When it comes to assessments, the questions – and how they’re asked – matter as much as the answers. That’s why MRG developed a questionnaire design that’s uniquely revealing and almost impossible to game.

Traditional Questionnaire Formats Have Limitations

Anchored rating

This leader is a hard worker.

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neither Agree/
Disagree

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Assets:

Simple to complete, measures magnitude

Limits:

Easy to manipulate or give unintentionally biased scores

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Ipsative

Which of the following is most accurate? (Choose only one)

The leader is a hard worker.

The leader is friendly.

Assets:

Hard to manipulate

Limits:

Can’t measure degree of agreement

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MRG’s Semi-Ipsative Questions: Leveraging the Best of Both Formats

IN MY ROLE:

MOST

I demonstrate strong leadership qualities.

5

4

I am lively and dynamic

5

4

I am at my most persuasive

5

First, choose the best option, and whether agreement is stronger (5) or weaker (4)

4

NEXT

3

2

3

2

Then, choose the next best option, and whether agreement is stronger (3) or weaker (2)

3

2

Leave the least desired option unranked.

The Power of Semi-Ipsative Design: Revealing Accurate, Deeply Personal Results

Accurate

& Authentic Results

How It Works

How It Works

In a semi-ipsative questionnaire, participants rank and assess their agreement with items across multiple dimensions, generating rich, multifaceted data that requires thoughtful participation and delivers unparalleled insight.

Reduced Bias

Reduced Bias

Both participants and respondents are required to thoughtfully consider their choices and they can’t easily identify “good” or “bad” responses. More traditional assessments make it easier for raters to give all high scores (halo effect) or all low scores
(pitchfork effect) based on their opinions of the person, without carefully thinking about each question.

Descriptive Results

Descriptive Results

Both the questions and the results are phrased in neutral, descriptive terms rather than evaluative phrases that can be interpreted negatively. A descriptive approach makes participants more open to feedback and provides them with a better understanding of their leadership behaviors.

Compares Results

Results with Context

The results are presented as normed scores based on regional norm groups, providing a basis of comparison that a raw score cannot provide. Normed scores give you the ability to compare
individuals (and groups within an organization) to best practices research available from MRG, which can help focus developmental efforts.

Data-driven. People -centered.

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