Alva's personality test

Theory, development and psychometric properties behind our personality test

18 articles in this collection
Written by Morgan Pihl, Kajsa Asplund, and Rafael Coimbra

Technical Manual

Documentation for Alva's Personality Test

Written by Morgan Pihl
Updated over a week ago

Background

Peer Review

A brief peer review on Alva's Personality Test

Written by Rafael Coimbra
Updated over a week ago

The Five Factor Model of Personality

Written by Kajsa Asplund
Updated over a week ago

Normative and ipsative test scores

What does it mean for a test to be normative or ipsative?

Written by Morgan Pihl
Updated over a week ago

Item Response Theory

What is Item Response Theory and how is it implemented in Alva's personality test?

Written by Morgan Pihl
Updated over a week ago

Growth factors

The research background of Alva's Growth Factors

Learn more about how we constructed the Growth Factors based on scientific findings

Written by Kajsa Asplund
Updated over a week ago

Alva's Growth Factors

Introduction to the Growth Factors based on our Five Factor personality test

Written by Kajsa Asplund
Updated over a week ago

Growth Factors: Drivers

Written by Kajsa Asplund
Updated over a week ago

Growth Factors: Culture Preferences

Written by Kajsa Asplund
Updated over a week ago

Growth Factors: Potential roles

Written by Kajsa Asplund
Updated over a week ago

Development

Calculation of personality scores

How are my personality results calculated?

Written by Morgan Pihl
Updated over a week ago

Reliability of Alva's personality test

How reliable are scores from the personality test?

Written by Morgan Pihl
Updated over a week ago

Construct validity of Alva's personality test

How valid are the scores from Alva's personality test?

Written by Morgan Pihl
Updated over a week ago

Continuous improvements

How Alva's personality test stays best in class

Written by Morgan Pihl
Updated over a week ago

Frequently Asked Questions

State and trait in personality

How are my personality results affected by my mood?

Written by Morgan Pihl
Updated over a week ago

Stability of personality traits

How stable are personality scores across the life span?

Written by Morgan Pihl
Updated over a week ago

Precision of personality scores

How accurate are measurements of personality?

Written by Morgan Pihl
Updated over a week ago

Faking in Personality Assessments

How are personality results affected by attempts to cheat?

Written by Morgan Pihl
Updated over a week ago