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 56p,pm 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 receive certification.

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 basic 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

Professional Certification
All attendees who remain present for the whole day and administer and score tests to the required standard will receive a certificate from PsyAsia International, signed by our registered psychologists. Optionally, for a small additional fee, delegates may choose to be assessed for the British Psychological Society's Certificate of Competence in Test Administration providing them with an internally recognised certificate following the course.

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
• Final discussions

Course Program

1 Introduction to Psychometric Testing
1.1 Levels of Competence in Testing
1.2 Categories of Psychological Tests
1.3 What Makes a Test Psychometric?
1.4 Types of Tests
1.5 Why Use Tests?

2 Testing Theory And Principles
2.1 Psychometric Principles
2.2 The Reliability and Validity of Tests
2.3 Standardization of Tests

3 Principles of Test Administration
3.1 Best Practice in Test Administration
3.2 Preparing for the Test Session
3.3 Introduction to the Test Session
3.4 Invigilating the Test Session
3.5 Ending the Test Session
3.6 Practice Session

4 Scoring and Norming of Tests
4.1 Practical Guidelines in Tests Scoring
4.2 Practice Session in Tests Scoring
4.3 Norm Table and Normal Distribution
4.4 Choosing the Right Norm Table
4.5 Standardized Scores
4.6 Transformations of Standardized Scores

5 Test Ethics and Test User Responsibility
5.1 Fair Testing
5.2 Data Protection
5.3 Ethical Issues
5.4 Generating a Company-Wide Policy