EVERYTHING DISC VS DISC CLASSIC

EVERYTHING DISC

It is an assessment which measures the participant on 8 scales. The traditional scale measures on four styles D, I, S, C whereas everything DiSC measures SC/CS, CD/DC, Si/iS, iD/Di. This assessment is an improved version of how it shows the relationship between different styles and how these styles can be blend. Everything DiSC was published in the year 2009.

Everything DiSC has a greater personalization effect in the report which means that the participant will get a report which is more personalized and explains relationship in a better way. It also has the highest validity of all DiSC models which shows that the results generated from this test will be the most authentic. It has additional features like follow-up platform with podcasts, individual DiSC comparison tools, DiSC style research, etc. All this will enhance the report and give a better and wider perspective to the participant in understanding his/her personality style. It also provides application specific reports and training programs like management, sales etc.

The assessment of Everything DiSC is only online because of adaptive testing which cannot be done in a paper format or cannot be recreated on a paper. Participant will get the results in PDF format. When it comes to number of questions, there is not a set number because the test is adaptive. This means that it pushes out additional assessment questions to generate accurate results. There is a 5-point Likert scale which is used to rate every question. This takes almost 10-15 minutes to complete the test.

You can only access to Everything DiSC through online, so a computer or laptop is required for that.

DISC CLASSIC

It is an assessment which uses traditional line graph model.  The test measures the participant on four scales i.e. D, I, S, C. The original format of DiSC Classic was first published in the year 1970.  This assessment helps the participant to identify his/her DiSC classical pattern. This is based on Geier’s original DiSC assessment. The assessment can be online and offline. Results generated through online test are in the form of PDF and for offline, they are on the paper.

There are 28 forced-choice style questions which means that participant must choose from the given options. The offline version of DiSC Classic usually takes 25-30 minutes to get completed. On the other hand, DiSC Classic Online takes almost 15-20 minutes to get completed.

DiSC Classic assessment has high reliability and validity because it is based on 40 PLUS-year-old DiSC graph model. The DiSC graph model has a proven track and a large following. There are automatic online results for DiSC Classic 2.0 and DiSC Classic 2.0 plus. There is a manual paper scoring for DiSC Classic. When it comes to report, individual reports are available online and offline. DiSC Classic Group Facilitator Report, Group Culture Report, Team View Report are available only in the online format. It also provides general purpose facilitation kits which has PowerPoint presentations and videos which are customizable in nature. They also provide training tools.