personality test

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personality
noun
uk
/ˌpɜː.sənˈæl.ə.ti/us
/ˌpɝː.sənˈæl.ə.t̬i/
the type of person you are, shown by the way you behave, feel, ...
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test
noun[C]
uk
/test/us
/test/
a way of discovering, by questions or practical activities, what someone knows, or what someone or something can do or ...
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(Definition ofpersonalityandtestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Personalitytestcarries a maximum of 200 marks.
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It is based on a survey of more than 6000 people who took apersonalitytestand reported on their experiences with the various dogs that they have owned.
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This falsely inflates the significance of the reported correlation - a practice that is especially rampant among investigators using personality tests.
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The case focussed on a complaint by a woman who says that after being offered a freepersonalitytest, she was pressured into paying large sums of money.
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Furthermore, becausepersonalitytestscores usually fall on a bell curve rather than in distinct categories, personality type theories have received considerable criticism among psychometric researchers.
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The data collection procedure consisted of different parts: experiments, interviews, questionnaires and apersonalitytest.
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The children were also asked to fill in thepersonalitytest.
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He surely could have told us what proportion failed in the intelligence test and what proportion failed in thepersonalitytest.
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It addresses the psychology of money and has elements of being a financialpersonalitytest, ice breaker and conversation starter.
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Psychologists have developed apersonalitytestthat determines where an individual lies on the satisficer-maximizer spectrum.
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It provides information from which inferences about personality can be made, but it is not apersonalitytestin the conventional sense.
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This is why construct validation is very important topersonalitytestdevelopment.
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A typical way to achieve this is the extent to which a score on apersonalitytestcan predict future performance or behavior.
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The results of thepersonalitytestwere found among her belongings by her family.
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After six months the applicants reapplied and completed the samepersonalitytest.
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The marks obtained in thepersonalitytestby each candidate is published on the notice board on the same day or on the next day.
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Personalitytestfor final selection of candidates to various posts/ caders.
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She could recall only one otherpersonalitytesthaving a worse result.
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Thepersonalitytestcarries a maximum of 200 marks.
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One study had people take apersonalitytestbefore and after listening to classical music with and without written lyrics in front of them.
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