| Abstract: | Research on constructing alternate forms of assessment center exercises is very scarce. This study examines the effectiveness of a cloning procedure (incident isomorphic approach) for developing alternate forms of a computerized in‐basket. In this approach, original and alternate items are essentially similar (they are based on the same critical incident), while being superficially different (they are situated in a different context). Results showed there was no significant difference between the overall in‐basket score across the alternate forms. In addition, these overall scores correlated .66, with projected estimates for the full in‐basket approaching .80. Implications and limitations of the use of cloning in designing alternate assessment center exercises are discussed. |
