Part V: creating the EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 2.0

North American Professional Norms

Overview

The release of the Professional Norm provides users with increased flexibility in the use of EQ-i 2.0. This new feature was created based on rigorous science and with customer needs in mind. General Population norms have the widest scope and allow for comparisons to norms reflecting the average person in the North American population. Professional norms allow consultants the option of using a norm that is more relevant to the people they work with every day: working professionals. This chapter describes how this new norm group was created to provide consultants with additional options to enrich their work.

This chapter describes the development of the EQ-i® 2.0 Professional Norm sample. For information on the EQ-i 2.0, including administration, interpretation, or development of the General Population Norm, please refer to Parts I–V of the EQ-i 2.0 User’s Handbook.