Undoubtedly the most important question you should ask about any test or inventory is: "Is it valid?". In other words, "Does it actually do or predict what it purports to ?" and "Could I trust the results to be accurate?"

The Pathfinder has an execptionally high level of validity as was concluded from research on the Pathfinder in the past 10 years, involving thousands of individuals from all walks of life and careers.

Eight types of validity indicators were researched. The satisfactory statistical results confirm the high level of accuracy and consistancy of the Pathfinder.

The satisfactory statistical results confirm the high level of accuracy and consistancy of the Pathfinder:

• The Pathfinder has more than 20 years of field research to support it's accuracy and has been given to more than 10,000 individuals seeking career advice.
• The vast majority rate their Pathfinder results as 80-85% accurate ... and their spouses or family members rate it as closer to 90% accurate!
• When validating the Pathfinder, we based our norms on over 4000 "High Performing" individuals across 35 broad Career Themes and used the most advanced statistical techniques and methodologies available, including:
• Factor Analysis
• Spearman-Brown Reliability Tests
• Regression Equations for predictability
• Pearson’s Product-Moment Correlations

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