Kendall Want Associates (KWA) are specialists in the area of psychometrics. Within this area, they concentrate almost entirely on tests, inventories and questionnaires designed for the world of work, especially at the graduate, professional and managerial levels.

KWA comprises two areas of business:

  
Applied Services

The provision of occupational services for purposes of personnel selection, career management, careers counselling, team development, and measuring organisational effectiveness;

 
  • Selection & Placement Testing;
  • Occupational Personality and Ability Testing;
  • Assessing Vocational Interests and Career Values;
  • Assessing Quality of Life Issues;
  • Assessing Occupational Stress and Coping Resources;
  • 360 Degree Assessments of Managerial Capabilities and Competencies;
  • Preparing Candidates for Taking Tests.
Information and Statistical Services

The provision of advisory, training and statistical services to users of occupational tests and questionnaires.

 
  • Advice and Training in the usage and selection of occupational tests and questionnaires;
  • Product Search and Impartial Evaluation of products from all local test publishers and distributors (Ian Kendall is the Compiler of Kendall's Australian Directory of Occupational Tests);
  • Critical Review and Evaluation of Specific Tests and Questionnaires;
  • Test Construction, including Item Analysis of published or in-house tests;
  • Test Norming, i.e., benchmarking test scores unique to a particular group/company;
  • Validation Studies, including investigating Equal Opportunity concerns and test bias.