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psychometric test

/ˈsaɪkəˌmɛtrɪk tɛst/
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Other forms: psychometric tests

Definitions of psychometric test
  1. noun
    any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc
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    types:
    IQ test, intelligence test
    a psychometric test of intelligence
    personality test
    any test that is intended to assess personality
    sub-test
    one of a battery of related tests
    Stanford-Binet test
    revision of the Binet-Simon Scale
    Binet-Simon Scale
    the first intelligence test
    projective device, projective technique, projective test
    any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations
    personality assessment, personality inventory
    a questionnaire that is supposed to yield a description of a person's personality traits
    type of:
    mental measurement
    a generic term used to cover any application of measurement techniques to the quantification of mental functions
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