Psychometrics

31 Jul 2012

The chief executive yesterday sought to reassure the thousands of people who demonstrated against national education on Sunday, as a survey showed that the issue has damaged many Hongkongers' view...

10:42PM

Do standardised tests measure your abilities?

27 Mar 2012

Melody Cheung, 16, St Paul's Secondary School

Open your eyes and look around. Tests are usually standardised. As a student, you will have taken many academic, sports and music tests...

11:20AM

Public support for Tang plunges as scandal hits

18 Feb 2012

Popular support for scandal-hit chief executive hopeful Henry Tang Ying-yen plunged 5 percentage points this week to 21.3 per cent of respondents in the latest survey co-commissioned by the South...

7:41AM

Opinion doesn't count any more

8 Feb 2012

Reputation is everything in the opinion polling business. Baptist University has lost whatever esteem it had with its flawed survey on public sentiment towards chief executive candidates Leung...

6:58AM

Health bites

25 Oct 2011

It's not you, it's us

10:54PM

letters

3 Jun 2011

Let's embrace the concept of HQ

Many people believe that someone with a high IQ and EQ stands more of a chance to succeed. It is true that high levels of IQ and EQ help you tackle...

11:30AM

Opinion

EU fails to adapt to borderless world

5 comments

4:35AM

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

No cheats found, but plenty forget procedure

There were no cases of cheating reported in this year's A-level exams, but the number of reports of irregularities nearly doubled that of last year.

Four cases of cheating were...

3:51PM

Caution the key when checking people's pulse

What do we think? To find out, politicians and policymakers often consult opinion polls. Done properly, they give an accurate portrait of a community's attitudes, beliefs, opinions and preferences...

5:11PM

Department enhances staff skills with training and courses

One benefit of a career in the Census and Statistics Department is that it guarantees extensive training and exposure. It also allows employees to tailor this training to their own career...

8:46PM

Yes, many of our children are taking drugs. The main question is why?

Once again, our bureaucrats show us they are living in another world.

10:54AM

Mainland wages hi-tech war in bid to foil examination cheats

Mainland education authorities are using hi-tech gadgets in a cat-and-mouse game of cracking down on pervasive cheating in the National College Entrance Exam, which started yesterday across the...

6:08AM

In Brief

Reform go-ahead urged

3:00PM