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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi Antonio,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks for the excellent response and link to a great article. I second your observation that the uncertainty inherent in the data must be emphasized, particularly as these types of surveys are estimating
<a href="https://dictionary.apa.org/latent-trait-theory">latent traits</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Beth</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><i><span style="font-size:12.5pt;color:#1B75BC">Oregon achieves . . . together!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:90%;color:#1B75BC">Beth LaDuca<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:90%">NAEP State Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:90%">beth.laduca@state.or.us | www.oregon.gov/ode<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Sora <sora-bounces@omls.oregon.gov> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>VARGAS Antonio R * DCBS via Sora<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 4, 2020 4:58 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'sora@omls.oregon.gov' <sora@omls.oregon.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Sora] CliftonStrengths Challenge<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hi Jan and All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thanks for sending this email out. I love thinking about this kind of thing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I’m not a psychometrician, so I don’t really know how to think about personality tests like these or any of the relevant literature. Could any experts here comment on their impressions
of CliftonStrengths?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">When my team used CliftonStrengths I looked into the test a bit. I was unable to find any independent reviews of the test. The test website apparently only linked to the results
of internal research conducted by the company. These reviews did outline some psychometric properties of the test, though the metrics appeared to be fairly middling. There were also some consistency findings relating to other personality tests like Big Five.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Do the issues with Big Five also apply to CliftonStrengths?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcarcinisation.com%2F2020%2F07%2F04%2Fthe-ongoing-accomplishment-of-the-big-five%2F&data=02%7C01%7CBeth.Laduca%40ode.state.or.us%7C2dc0bf50499d4f75743408d838d273ee%7Cb4f51418b26949a2935afa54bf584fc8%7C0%7C0%7C637321823837281771&sdata=HzE1SnTCg7%2BlSHN3HWvDnOiVZS46pssbRnopNtVdByc%3D&reserved=0">https://carcinisation.com/2020/07/04/the-ongoing-accomplishment-of-the-big-five/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">For the task in question:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">When presenting any CliftonStrengths results, I would try to emphasize the uncertainty inherent in the data. “<a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2Fmultiple-views-visualization-research-explained%2Fdata-is-personal-what-we-learned-from-42-interviews-in-rural-america-93539f25836d&data=02%7C01%7CBeth.Laduca%40ode.state.or.us%7C2dc0bf50499d4f75743408d838d273ee%7Cb4f51418b26949a2935afa54bf584fc8%7C0%7C0%7C637321823837291769&sdata=tOZJS9Q%2FcEJ6XhtKqFDJHdol6QQxrPlvF92szBBkK3A%3D&reserved=0">Many
people [including managers] see data as objective</a>,” regardless of the source, and I think this is impression of credibility is magnified when it is presented well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Without knowing more about this test I would hesitate to give managers the impression that they can make any decisions based on it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Antonio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">-----<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Antonio R. Vargas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Research Analyst<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Division of Financial Regulation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Oregon Dept. of Consumer and Business Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Office: 971.345.1106<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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