Patent ID: 8651871

Claim:
A system for identifying ranges of scores in thinking areas that are indicative of individuals that perform at top levels comprising: a computer that receives identification of one or more individuals as persons that perform at top levels in an identified position and a ratio of an individual's performance to the performance of a hypothetical person performing in the identified position at a predetermined level for each of the identified individuals; the computer configured to: determine scores in particular thinking areas that are indicative of individuals that perform at top levels for each of the identified individuals; receive prioritizations of at least some of a plurality of worker characteristics according to the relation between the worker characteristic and characteristics desirable in a person performing the functions of the identified position; and from the scores of the identified individuals in particular thinking areas, the performance ratios for the identified individuals, and the prioritization of worker characteristics for the identified position, determine ranges of scores in at least one of the thinking areas that are characteristic of persons who perform at top levels in the identified position.