Editing Psychological testing (section)

{{Short description|Administration of psychological tests}}
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'''Psychological testing''' refers to the administration of psychological tests.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Psychological testing|last1=Urbina|first1=Susana|last2=Anastasi|first2=Anne|publisher=Prentice Hall|year=1997|isbn=9780023030857|edition=7th|location=Upper Saddle River, NJ|pages=4|oclc=35450434}}</ref> Psychological tests are administered or scored by trained evaluators.<ref name=":1" /> A person's responses are evaluated according to carefully prescribed guidelines. Scores are thought to reflect individual or group differences in the construct the test purports to measure.<ref name=":1" /> The science behind psychological testing is [[psychometrics]].<ref name=":1"/><ref Name = "Nunnally">Nunnally, J.C., & Bernstein, I.H. (1994). ''Psychometric theory''. New York: McGraw-Hill.</ref>