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The 16PF Practitioner Report is a complete, rich and detailed analysis of an individuals profile. This document outlines how to navigate through the report for the most benefit. We recommend that you concentrate on the personality factor sections which are most important for your assessment situation. Refer to the attached sample report for Ernest Engineer as you review these steps: 1. Response Style Indices Page 4 provides an overview of Ernests answer patterns. All of his indicator scores fall into the normal range; there is no obvious reason to question his profile. Of course, the assessment circumstances may dictate that further conversation with him about completing an assessment would be worthwhile. A description of his profile for each of the response indices is provided. 2. Global Factor profile Page 5 presents a graph of Ernests sten scores on all 5 of the global factors. Sten score ranges fall into the Low (1-3), Below Average (4), Average (5-6), Above Average (7), or High (8-10) categories. Ernest has a low Extraversion score and a high Self-Control score, for example. High and low scores indicate behavior patterns that are likely to be the most stable and consistent for Ernest regardless of the circumstances. Scores closer to the middle of the range suggest that he probably is more flexible in demonstrating that behavior. The primary personality factors that make up each Global factor are explained on the bottom half of the page. A negative (-) sign (for example after the Privateness factor) indicates that that low Privateness score contribute to higher Extraversion. Higher Warmth and Liveliness scores, in contrast, contribute to greater Extraversion. 3. Primary Factor profile Page 6 contains an overview of Ernests profile on all 16 primary factors. These sten scores are interpreted exactly the same as his Global scores. For instance, he has a low Warmth score (2) and a high Reasoning score (9). His Dominance score, on the other hand, is low average (4). 4. Detailed Global Factor results Starting on page 7, each of the 5 global factors is explained in two ways. The top section combines the two previous kinds of graphs into a single one that presents his overall Extraversion score above the horizontal line, and then each of the primary factors that contribute to it below. We provide another title for some global factors, e.g., Relating to Others vs Extraversion, that is in more of a conversational language. The Overview section translates the graph into a short paragraph about his overall Extraversion pattern. The bullet points that follow the paragraph briefly explain how to interpret each of the primary factors under Extraversion. Page 8 presents the same information in a more extensive narrative form. This section is helpful for someone who is relatively new to the 16PF Questionnaire. It spells out the implications of each primary personality score that contributes to the global factor and how these scores combine for Ernest. This same pattern is repeated for each of the remaining 4 global factors.
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