TEST EVALUATION

A) General Information 2 Anjan

Title of Test NEO Five-Factory Inventory (NEO-FFI) WHY FIVE FACTOR GIVING
THE BIG FIVE THEORY
(Edition and forms) Revised version of NEO PI-R What is PI-R ?
Author Paul T. Costa, Jr., Ph.D. and Robert R. McCrae, Ph.D
Publishers Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc.
Date of Publication 1985, 1989 and 1992
Date of Manual Norms & Supplementary material
Time required for administration 10-15 minutes. Older people and
people with limited reading skills may take longer.
Cost - $ 185 (US Pricing )

B) Description of Purpose & Nature of Test Ashwini Ashwini

General type of test Individual as well as group administration. Pencil
paper test.
Population for which it is designed 17 years of age and above
Nature of content verbal/written
Sub tests FFI is the shorter version of NEO PI R (60 item version
of S form of NEO- PI-R)
Separate scores five 12-items scales that measure each domain.
Item Types / Description consists of 60 statements. Likert scale is
there, 5 optional responses. (SD, D, N, A, SA). Choose the most
appropriate answer.
C) Technical Evaluation 2 Akanksha, Ankita & Ashvin
Norms
o Type
Age above 17
Education After High school
Standardization
o Nature -
o Size 500 Men & Women
o Representativeness
o Procedure followed for obtaining samples -
o Availability of sub-group norms different norms available for
males and females
Reliability
NEO-PI-R

o Types Internal Consistencies and Test- Retest Reliability

o Procedure -
o Size and Nature of samples - N=208; College students ; three
months
Long term stability
Validity
 o Validation procedure
o Size and nature of Samples
D) Reviewer Comments 1 ASHvin
E) Summary Evaluation 1 Priya
Strengths Less Time consuming, good for fast and easy assessment,
Weaknesses Information about facets within the domains is not
provided
Applications uses and counseling , clinical psychology, psychiatry ,
behavioral medicinal health and psychology, vocational counseling,
and industrial / organizational psychology, educational research ,
research,
F) References