Zulu DISCUS Behavioural Profiling System For South African Conditions

The research outlines the statement of the problem, motivation for the study and the related ligislated requirements for all research in the field of psychological assessment. It will also take a closer look at related issues supporting the background of psychometric testing and present day themes and trends that are becomming prevalent in contemporary practice. There is an indepth discussion on personality which is one of the main foundation components of the DISCUS which is personality as well as points on ethics, translation, validity, reliability, test construction and cross cultural matters are also discussed. Research methodology is related back to the Equity Act No. 55 of 1998 and sets out the problem statement, objective of the study, sampling, and discusses the ipsative questionaire as well as statistical analysis. The methodology of multiple regression is explained and an example given. The method of data collection process is set in tables of Pearson Correlation Coeffients Scatter plots are given to clarify the findings on Dominance-Influence-Steadyness and Compliance or conscientiousness dimentions.