Introduction
PsyAsia's One-Day Psychometric Test Administration Course provides delegates with the ability to understand and competently practice the administration of ability and personality assessments in organizational settings.

Course Timing
The course commences at 9.30am and finishes between 5pm and 5.30pm depending on discussion and delegate needs. Please do not schedule anything else during the day. Delegates who are absent for any part of the course will not be able to sit the final assessment.

After the course
Successful delegates will be qualified to administer psychometric ability and personality tests, including all tests offered by PsyAsia International. Delegates will still need to complete our Psychometric Assessment at Work Course before they are able to score or interpret ability tests and personality assessments respectively.

Course Facilitator(s)
PsyAsia's Test Administration courses are facilitated by experienced cross-cultural organizational psychologists who hold registration with professional bodies in Hong Kong, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Who is this course for?
Delegates on this course usually come from organizations that already have trained test users in-house and wish to delegate the time-consuming task of administration. Alternatively, organizations new to the test arena often send delegates on this course and use PsyAsia to score and interpret the tests, with a view to investing in the more advanced training courses at a later date.

Course Aims
-to provide the underpinning knowledge required to become a competent Test Administrator
-to develop the practical skills necessary to become a competent Test Administrator

Course Objectives
-to explain the theory and principles of ability and aptitude testing
-to state the basic psychometric principles
-to train participants to administer ability and aptitude tests
-to train participants to administer personality tests

Course Content
Participants will be shown examples of personality tests, a number of general ability tests and several tests of specific aptitudes. In addition to discussing practical procedures of administration, the course will also cover a number of further issues essential for their competent and proper usage in the company: viz. theory and principles of testing, elementary test theory and ethical issues. Additionally, participants will be introduced to the logistics of testing within the company.

• Overview of psychometric testing
• Test scoring and administration
• Practical training in test administration
• Assessed test administration practical
• Professional issues in test use
• Assessed written test
• Final discussions

Course Program
1 Introduction To The Course
2 Introduction To The Use Of Psychological Tests
2.1 What Makes A Test Psychometric?
2.2 Test Construction
2.3 Categories Of Psychological Tests
2.4 Other Forms Of Assessment
2.5 Why Use Tests?
3 Introduction To Intelligence: Ability & Aptitude Testing
3.1 The Origins Of Intelligence And Ability Testing
3.2 What Is Intelligence?
3.3 The Hierarchical Organization Of Abilities
3.4 Is Intelligence Hereditary?
3.5 The Use Of Ability Tests In The Present Day
4 Testing Theory And Principles
4.1 Normal Distributions And The Standard Deviation
4.2 Norm Tables
4.3 Non-Normal Distributions
4.4 The Reliability And Validity Of Tests
4.5 Interpretation Of Test Scores
4.6 How To Estimate & Evaluate The Reliability & Validity Of A Test
4.7 Methods Used To Estimate Reliability
4.8 Methods Used To Estimate Validity
5 Principles Of Administration And Scoring Of Tests
5.1 General Principles
5.2 Administration And Scoring Instructions For Particular Tests
6 Using Tests Responsibly
6.1 Confidentiality Of Test Results
6.2 Misuse Of Information Due To Lack Of Expertise
6.3 Security Of Test Materials
6.4 Generating A Company-Wide Policy