Reliability & validity are important concepts to evaluate when selecting an assessment for use in your personal life or in business. In order to qualify for ranking as a scientifically validated psychometric assessment, the tool must meet rigorous standards.
The reliability of an assessment is often referred to as its consistency. That is, how consistent the tool is at measuring what it aims to measure. The EQ-i 2.0 was developed through an extensive process that ensured its content meet the two measurements of reliability:
INTERNAL CONSISTENCY: How well all the items of a certain scale measure the same idea.
TEST-RETEST: How well the assessment can produce the same results over time for the same person.
Validity ensures the accuracy and usefulness of an assessment, ensuring the tool is measuring what it was designed to measure and whether it can predict important outcomes. Validity is assessed through the combination of several different types of evidence. The structure, consistency, accuracy of the items, and the results produced have been replicated across the globe and continue to enable a wide variety of cultures and languages to effectively measure emotional intelligence. The EQ-i 2.0 has extensive evidence supporting its external validity ensured its content:
• EQ-i 2.0 is used to predict & improve performance and leadership competencies
• EQ-i 2.0 accurately measures the model and full scope of Emotional Intelligence
• EQ-i 2.0 has a dependable structure that can be utilized & replicated in a wide variety of applications
• The structure of the EQ-i 2.0 model holds up in different regions across the world
• EQ-i 2.0 is based on a history of research spanning decades
*The EQ-i 2.0 is now included in the Nineteenth Buros Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY). The inclusion and its positive review in the Buros MMY is an important milestone for the assessment that acknowledges the scientific rigor and
effectiveness of its development.