BEVI Reports

Based upon the above research and test development processes, the BEVI now is able to produce reports that may be used at three levels: individual, group, and organizational. Individual reports are developed for each participant based upon their unique responses to the background information section of the BEVI along with their scores on specific BEVI scales. Depending upon their responses, a report is generated under the following headings, which correspond to the “BEVI structure,” as noted above:

1. Introduction
   

   Provides an overview of the BEVI

2. The Foundation: "Formative Variables" and "Core Needs"
   

   Provides an indication of what the respondent reports about their own life history relative to others

3. Tolerance of Disequilibrium: Confident or Questioning
   

   Describes whether the respondent sees him or herself as "very clear" or "not sure" about who they and others "are"

4. Making Sense of Why We Do What We Do
   

   Indicates attributional tendencies in general (e.g., how and why people do what they do and why events happen as they do)

5. Access to Yourself, Your Thoughts, and Your Feelings
   

   Describes how the individual deals with their own emotions as well as their interest in and predilection towards introspection and reflection upon "the self"

6. Access to the Thoughts and Feelings of Others
   

   Describes how the person tends to regard and experience issues that are of consequence at a sociocultural level (e.g., beliefs about politics, religion, or the way society "should be structured")

7. Global Access
   

   Indicates one’s perspectives on “big picture” issues at the level of gender (e.g., how men and women are and/or should be), the environment (e.g., the degree to which one is or is not concerned about ecological issues), and global engagement (e.g., the degree to which we should or should not be concerned about, or invested in, what is happening outside of our own country, culture, and context)

8. Conclusion
   

   Provides context for the above report and offers closing thoughts to consider

These individual reports have multiple applications (e.g., as a teaching tool in classes; pre-departure orientation for an international learning experience; to promote growth and development in organizational and other applied contexts), and are designed to facilitate thoughtful and substantive reflection on self, others, and the world at large.

Group reports are designed for cohorts of ten or more, and may be used with appropriate oversight by qualified administrators in a wide range of group-based contexts and forums (e.g., classes, study abroad cohorts, residence halls, organizational settings). These reports aggregate the data from a group of participants in order to produce the following components: 1) descriptive information about the group (e.g., gender, ethnicity); 2) profiles which include, in bar graph form, both the average scores for each of the 18 BEVI scales along with distribution data to show the variation among the group across the scales; 3) three index scores, which include Worldview Intensity (i.e., the degree to which the group as a whole responds "very strongly" or "moderately" to beliefs and values across the BEVI), Worldview Convergence (i.e., a measure of dispersion, which indicates the degree to which individual scores are similar to or different from the average of the group), and Worldview Shift (i.e., the degree to which the group demonstrates change across one or more scales and administrations of the BEVI); 4) qualitative data, which include random selection of up to 20 responses from across the three "experiential reflective" questions of the BEVI, so that the group report administrator can get a sense of how participants are reacting – in their own words – to a particular experience; and 5) an aggregate report, which averages the individual scores to produce a single report of the group as a whole.

Finally, organizational reports are designed for administrators or other leaders to use in multiple applications including but not limited to 1) assessment purposes (e.g., to assess overall learning and belief/value change processes within their institution or organization; 2) comparing and contrasting cohorts over time; 3) evaluating outcomes across specific programs or experiences; 4) enhancing and improving learning experiences (e.g., programs, courses); 5) meeting assessment needs and requirements (e.g., accreditation; program review; quality assurance). In addition to many of the features for group level reports (i.e., aggregated background variables; average profiles and distributions across scales; three index scores; sample qualitative responses), organizational reports also include the option of acquiring customized analyses. For example, administrators and/or leaders within an institution or organization may wish to review the interaction between particular demographic variables and scale scores, or focus in on more detailed analyses of learning experiences or programs, in order to examine processes or outcomes that are of particular relevance within a specific context (e.g., to see who learns what and why and under what circumstances). By specifying which analyses are wanted, these customized reports may be tailored to meet the different assessment goals and needs at an institution or organizational level.