wide-range test

a brief screening instrument administered to gauge ability quickly and determine if a more comprehensive test is needed. Its items vary widely in difficulty so as to measure performance at very broad levels. For example, a wide-range test of vocabulary given to ninth-grade students might include simple words typically known by elementary-school students as well as complex words generally familiar only to college students.

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February 11th 2025

interest factors

in vocational guidance and personnel selection, an individual’s interests or preferences regarded as indicators of personality traits and therefore of suitability for a particular job or type of employment. Interest factors can be derived from interest tests and other self-report inventories or from hobbies, leisure-time activities, and previous jobs.