posted 04-15-2004 07:15 AM
Have you considered running and AF MGQT as a single-issue test. Since there's no symptomatic / outside issue question, you can't stimulate him to one. (That doesn't stope him from being concerned, but at least you're not assisting him to do so. FYI, I read a study - I think a DoDPI study - which found symptomatics did nothing for guilty examinees, but reduced an innocent examinee's score by one point. It's only one study, but it's something to think about.)(You can run a two, three or four RQ test. See the AAPP's "Examiner's Handbook" for details if you're not sure how to run one.)
It does sound as if your issues are rather weak, and you might be very wise to refuse many of the exams. For those you do decide to go through with, you can consider having the subject make a very brief statement to you about the issue, and then test on whether the statement is false. You can use all lie comparisons to avoid (perhaps) the dampening problems you mentioned. If you do so, you'll be able to let the examinee know you don't care about other crimes he might have committed since that's not the issue you are there for.
You're not in a good situation, but you can help yourself out a little by trying some other approaches. Personally, I wouldn't do such a test without consulting / brainstorming with other competent examiners before meeting the examinee. It's a confidence booster when you can say it's not just your opinion the test isn't worth the trouble or risk of a likely inaccurate conclusion.
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posted 04-14-2004 11:37 AM
