TEST ADMINISTRATION = 
scores without distracting the subject. Formidable-looking 
recording devices and other distracting apparatus should be 
in an adjacent room. 
A set of shelves, files, or cabinets for test forms and appa- 
ratus should be provided. 
For group testing, any room of suitable size may be taken 
over temporarily. Persons who are near-sighted or slightly 
deaf should be assigned seats near the examiner. Writing 
space should be provided so that the subjects will not be 
crowded; and care should be taken to minimize cheating. 
Desks, tables, or tablet armchairs are needed. 
PROCEDURE 
The following suggestions refer specifically to procedure 
in individual testing. 
The examiner must first put the subject at ease. If his 
introductory talk is entirely standardized, it is likely to be 
artificial and stilted; therefore, it should be flexible and 
adaptable to any attitude on the part of those examined. Old 
employees in particular will require skilful persuasion. In- 
formality and courtesy are essential, but should not be car- 
ried to familiarity. When testing either one person or a 
small group the examiner does well to introduce himself. If 
testing one person he should learn the man’s name and use it 
when speaking to him. 
In his introductory talk the examiner should give a frank 
and brief account of his purpose in giving the tests, unless 
this has already been taken care of in a general announce- 
ment to all the subjects. He should convey by his bearing 
and speech his confidence that every one will wish to cooper- 
ate by taking the tests. His introductory talk should not 
be so long as to put the subject on edge or make him nervous. 
As soon as the subject takes his eyes off the examiner’s and 
looks around for the tests, it is time to begin the examina- 
tion. 
No one should be tested who is in physical discomfort or 
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