Testing

Reliability testing
It refers to the consistency of scores obtained by the same persons when they are reexamined with the same tests on different occasions or with different sets of equivalent items or under other variable examining conditions Compute the error of measurement

Types of reliability
Test retest reliability Split half reliability Alternate form testing

Types of reliability
Test retest reliability
Repeating the test on a second occasion

Split half reliability

Divide the test into two equivalent halves Administered in two different occasions

Alternate form testing

Use of an alternate form of test Testing it out with the same person on an equivalent form

Validity
It is mainly concerned with WHAT the test measures and how well it does so . What can be inferred from test scores

Content validity
systematic examination of the test content to determine whether it covers a representative sample of the behavior domain to be measured. Eg ; assessing reading ability essentially need to answer the following questions
Does the test cover a representative sample of the specified skills and knowledge ? Is the test performance reasonably free from the influence of intervening variables ?

Face validity
It refers to what the test intends to measure in a superficial sense It concerns with rapport and public relations. Whether it looks valid to the
Examinee Administrative personnel who intends to use it Or for technically untrained observers

Employment tests
Wonderlic personnel test intelligence (50 item,12 mts ) Emoti onal intellig ence

Special aptitude tests

Integr ity tests

General aptitude test battery(GATB)12 Test 2.5 hrs (cognitive +perceptual + psychomotor )

Persona lity tests

Leade rship tests