• Developing the skills of psychological testing is important since tests are important tools used for the assessment of individuals for various purposes. Proper training is required for administration, scoring and interpretation of tests.
• Psychologists study individuals, differences based on factors such as occupation, age, gender, education, culture, etc.
• While using psychological test, following factors must be kept in mind:
An attitude of objectivity
Scientific orientation
Standardised Interpretation must be kept in mind. For example, in organizational and personnel work, in business and industry, where specialized tests are used to select individuals for specific jobs, it is essential to use actual performance records or ratings as a criterion for establishing validity of a test.
• Suppose the personnel department wants to know whether a certain psychological test can help it to identify potentiality of best stenographers.
• It must be established that the test differentiates among employees of several performance levels.
• It should be found the performance on the job of a newly employed worker selected on the basis of test indeed matches with his/her test scores.
