Work Strengths Test Question 11 – Making sense of conflicting evidence

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Choose the response that best reflects your normal behaviour and preference at work. There is no single correct answer.

Test part: Part 1: Workplace preferences
Level: Higher Executive Officer to SCS 1
Strength pair: Analytical / Problem Solver
Practice focus: Analytical

Workplace preference statement

I enjoy bringing together conflicting evidence and deciding which information should carry the most weight.

Choose your response

Very strongly disagree
Strongly disagree
Disagree
Neither agree nor disagree
Agree
Strongly agree
Very strongly agree
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This higher-level practice statement focuses on Analytical. It explores whether you are motivated by examining competing evidence, testing its quality and forming a reasoned view where the information does not point in one simple direction.

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