Part IV: Using the Results

Understanding the Results

Overview

This page describes how to interpret EQ-i® 2.0 results and how to make them meaningful and useful in corporate, educational, clinical, medical and research settings. By no means is this description all-encompassing, and therefore the interpretation of results must be the responsibility of a certified administrator or qualified counselor, psychologist, consultant or coach. When available, the inclusion of additional information, such as other assessment results, interviews, or observations is highly recommended to increase the accuracy of the assessment process.

Although different styles of coaching and feedback exist, the interpretation of an EQ-i 2.0 report must follow a standard practice. This page outlines how to interpret a client’s report in a manner that is true to how the test was constructed and designed to be interpreted. These guidelines follow the standards for test interpretation outlined by a committee of the American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association and National Council on Measurement in Education (1999), and when followed will provide a consistent and ethical structure to your debriefing conversations. Remember, there are many options when building a report that allow you the freedom to discuss results in a way that is most comfortable to you (e.g., turning scores or score labels off); however, the interpretation of results as outlined on this page upholds a standard message that all test takers should hear in order to create a consistent, insightful and ethical experience of the EQ-i 2.0 assessment process.

The EQ-i 2.0 has undergone significant changes particularly in the way validity information is presented and interpreted in the Coach’s report. As you read through these sections please pay particular attention to the following major changes: