Where Is the Unproctored Internet Testing Train Headed Now?

Abstract

So, where is unproctored Internet testing (UIT) now? What has happened since 2006? Is the train stalled right outside the station, waiting on answers? Is it lurching forward, making slow but sure progress? Or, is it simply chugging in circles? The original focal article (Tippins, 2009) and the 13 subsequent commentaries are not comprehensive summaries of all the research and thought about UIT and can hardly be considered definitive as a collective body of work. In total, these articles probably do not convince many of the doubters. However, the articles collectively highlight the critical issues faced in UIT, suggest new ideas, and give guidance for the future, indicating the UIT train is at least moving. In this concluding article of the UIT series, I try to summarize where I believe we are in 2009 in terms of the important points that must be taken into consideration when contemplating UIT and emerging questions that industrial and organizational (I–O) psychologists must answer.