Procedures in employment psychology

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Identifikator:: 173623112X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-112923

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Author:: Bingham, Walter Van Dyke http://d-nb.info/gnd/123042593; Freyd, Max

Title:: Procedures in employment psychology

Place of publication:: Chicago & New York

Publisher:: Shaw

Year of publication:: 1926

Scope:: XI, 269 S

Digitisation:: 2020

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: VII. Psychological tests

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PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS 2. Imposed by location of answer on page, and by con- text 3. Imposed by number of available responses provided (a) Multiple choice (6) Two choice The free response or essay type of examination places no limitations on the kind or length of response which may be made. An example is the ordinary school examination ques- tion commencing: “Discuss the development of . . . .” Such a question consumes a great deal of time in answering and is very difficult to score. Even at best it cannot be scored as objectively as some of the other forms. It may be valuable in selecting secretaries who can write good, clear English, or in sampling ability to organize one’s knowledge for logical and effective written presentation. In the oral trade test the response is free but the answer is scored as correct if a certain crucial word is used in the response. Three common types of items calling for constrained re- sponses may be distinguished, varying from the least con- strained to the greatest. Some questions are so worded as to require the answer in certain definite units or to place other limitations on the re- sponse. In the question: “How far is it from New York to Chicago?” no constraint is placed on the response; but if the question is worded: “How many miles is it from New York to Chicago?” constraint is placed on the response by requir- ing it to be in miles. In the free association test the person is given a stimulus word and told to write or speak as quickly as he can the first word it suggests to him. No con- straint is placed on his response. But in the controlled as- sociation test the directions require the person to give a certain sort of reply, such as the opposite of each stimulus word. In the form of controlled association test known as the “completion test,” the stimulus is a sentence with one or more words missing, to be supplied. Variants of this form 07

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