A validation study of the Worthington Personal History Blank

Abstract

The validity of the Worthington PH blank was compared with the validity of standardized tests (Wonderlic Personnel Test, The Personnel Laboratory's Employment Test, Thurstone Temperament Schedule, and the "Dominance" and "Self-Sufficiency" scales of the Bernreuter PI) for a sample of 47 publishing company employees. The criterion was associates' ratings on traits common to those measured by the PH and the other tests. Neither the PH nor the test results were significantly related to the criterion ratings. However, the difference (in favor of the tests) between the contingency coefficients comparing the tests with the ratings and the coefficients comparing the PH with the ratings was significant at the .06 level of confidence. It was concluded that the objective tests were at least as good as the PH, and that use of the latter is not warranted in terms of cost. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)