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California Psychological Inventory (CPI)
The California Psychological Inventory (CPI) is a self-report questionnaire designed to measure normal-range human behavior. The long-form CPI-434 consists of 434 true/false items representing concepts such as Tolerance, Responsibility, Integrity, Empathy, and Self-Control-that are commonly used to describe and understand human behavior. The upcoming short-form CPI-260 consists of 260 true/false items from the long form but produces essentially the same report data as the longer test. Reliability analyses indicate that the results based on the CPI 260 are highly correlated with the CPI-434 results, allowing uniform interpretation across both instruments. The CPI 434 and soon the CPI 260 version of our selection report, are available online. |
Sample Reports:
CPI-260 Quick Start Guide:
Authors of the Test and Report
The California Psychological Inventory (CPI) was authored by Harrison Gough, PhD., and is published by CPP, Inc., 185 N. Wolf Rd., Sunnyvale, CA 94086, (650) 969-8901. JRA, Inc., is the creator, copyright holder, and sole provider of the CPI Police and Public Safety Selection Report, which is produced under an exclusive license from CPP, Inc. |
CPI-434 Police and Public Safety Selection Report
The CPI-434 Police and Public Safety Selection Report is a specialized CPI report designed for use by licensed psychologists in conducting psychological evaluations of applicants for police and other public safety positions. The principal purpose of the report is to help the screening psychologist assess the psychological suitability of the applicant to perform the functions required by the public safety job they are applying for.
This special selection report, which is based on a normative sample of more than 50,000 public safety job applicants, supplements the basic CPI instrument and its interpretive lore with a number of innovative features designed to improve the accuracy and fairness of employment selection decisions in the public safety field.
CPI-260 Police and Public Safety Selection Report
The CPI-260 Police and Public Safety Report is a specialized report designed for use by licensed psychologists in conducting psychological evaluations of applicants for police and other public safety positions based on the short-form CPI-260. This report includes nearly all of the features of the CPI-434 in a shorter form that will reduce administration time significantly.
These features include:
The CPI-434 Police and Public Safety Selection Report is a specialized CPI report designed for use by licensed psychologists in conducting psychological evaluations of applicants for police and other public safety positions. The principal purpose of the report is to help the screening psychologist assess the psychological suitability of the applicant to perform the functions required by the public safety job they are applying for.
This special selection report, which is based on a normative sample of more than 50,000 public safety job applicants, supplements the basic CPI instrument and its interpretive lore with a number of innovative features designed to improve the accuracy and fairness of employment selection decisions in the public safety field.
CPI-260 Police and Public Safety Selection Report
The CPI-260 Police and Public Safety Report is a specialized report designed for use by licensed psychologists in conducting psychological evaluations of applicants for police and other public safety positions based on the short-form CPI-260. This report includes nearly all of the features of the CPI-434 in a shorter form that will reduce administration time significantly.
These features include:
- Risk statements that estimate the likelihood the applicant will demonstrate specific selection-relevant problems, be rated by experienced psychologists as poorly suited, or be involuntarily separated from employment, if hired.
- CPI scale profiles based on norms for public safety job applicants, which allow the applicant's test scores to be compared to those of other applicants who have applied for the same public safety positions. Specific norms are used for each of the following positions: (a) Police Officer/Deputy/Trooper, (b) Corrections Officer, (c) Firefighter/EMT, (d) Probation Officer, (e) Communications Dispatcher, and (f) Security Officers/Security Guards.
- CPI scale profiles based on norms for public safety job incumbents, which allow the applicant's test scores to be compared to those of applicants who were subsequently hired and are successfully performing the job that the current applicant is applying for.
- A list of individual "selection-relevant" CPI items endorsed by the applicant that may indicate possible job performance problems. The items endorsed by the applicant that are presented in the report were identified by a panel of expert psychologists as "selection relevant."
- A summary list of CPI scales for which the applicant's scores are "favorable" or "unfavorable" indicators of the applicant's likely performance on specific job functions or job problem areas, based on research involving confidential supervisory ratings of post-probationary job performance and problems.