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:: VIII. Psychological tests (concluded)

Collection:: Economics Books

VIII PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS (Concluded) Performance tests. Technique of test construction. Order of items. Length of test. Time limits. Directions and fore-exercise. Directions for scoring the test. Omnibus tests. Alternative forms. Arrangement in series. Performance tests require something other than a language response. They are usually administered as individual tests, although there are many group performance tests. Their best usefulness is to measure manual skills, mechanical aptitudes, and personality and character traits. They are indispensable in testing the intelligence of illiterate or foreign applicants. A performance test may consist of merely one step or standard task, the score being in terms of the time required to complete this task; or it may consist of a number of units, the score being either in terms of time required, number of units completed within the stated time, or quality of product, measured by comparison with typical samples arranged in a scale of excellence. If apparatus is used, it should be of sturdy construction, and easily replaceable. It is advisable to have a duplicate set for emergencies, and in any event the specifications for the apparatus should be so explicit that any investigator can duplicate it with entire certainty that he is reproducing the standard conditions. To this end the use of rare and unusual materials is deprecated. The apparatus should if possible have automatic devices for recording performance. Laboratory manuals for experiments in psychology are a 104

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