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test selection

the process of choosing the most useful test or set of assessment instruments to provide accurate diagnostic or other psychological information. Test selection is made on the basis of psychological history (often in conjunction with medical history), interviews, other pretest knowledge of the individual or group to be tested, or some combination of these.

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