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 apparatus
 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. Informality
 and courtesy are essential, but should not be carried
 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 announcement
 to all the subjects. He should convey by his bearing
and speech his confidence that every one will wish to cooperate
 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 examination.

No one should be tested who is in physical discomfort or

ISU