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Tests
Q: Are sample
tests available?
Q: What does benchmarking mean?
Q: In the past a longer test was used that is
no longer available, why are your new tests shorter?
Q: Are tests available in other languages?
Q: What is the difference between an Aptitude
and Knowledge or Skills Test?
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Manuals
Q: What information does a test manual
contain?
Q: Why should
I purchase a test manual?
Q: When should I order test manuals?
Q: Are all test manuals the same?
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Study Materials
Q: Can I buy
just one test so that I can study?
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Pricing
Q: Where can
I find prices for all your services?
Q: Are there discounts available?
Q: Do I get a discount if I purchase
sample tests?
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Business
Q: What
are your business hours?
Q: Can you send a sales person to talk to
us?
Q: What methods of shipping are available?
Q: When will orders ship?
Q: Are Ramsay Corporation tests sold
elsewhere?
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Validation
Q: Are
your tests valid?
Q: What kind of validation do you use?
Q: Where can I get more information on
validation?
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Statistics
Q: What is
reliability?
Q: What is the mean?
Q: What is standard deviation?
Q: What is the standard error of
measurement?
Q: What is a correlation?
Q: What is the difference between
percentage and percentile?
Q: How do these statistics relate to
testing and job performance?
I. Tests
Q: Are sample tests available?
A: Sample tests are available through phone requests only.
These tests are stamped with "SPECIMEN" and are sent with a user non-disclosure
agreement letter that must be signed and returned. The cost is
$25.00 or $50.00 depending on the length of the test.
Q: What does benchmarking mean?
A: Benchmarking is a technique used in comparing or contrasting
your company's human resources, practices, costs, or other
characteristics with those of other organizations.
Q: In the past a longer test was used that is no longer available,
why are your new tests shorter?
A:
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Our clients have asked for shorter
tests. Some clients wish to test for 2 hours; some are
asking for a 1-hour test battery.
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Shorter tests seem easier.
Often shorter tests seem to be easier to an applicant because
they require less time, even when the average difficulty of
items is greater than a longer test.
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Shorter tests are less expensive.
This is true from the standpoint of test administrator time,
test taking time, printing time, and test scoring time.
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We are able to measure 90% of
120-item content with a 60-item test. Of course, we must
have data on test takers so that we select the best 60 items.
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Our 60-item tests have great
reliability. Even though the test is cut in half, the
change in reliability may be from .92 to .88, as is the case
with our ElecTest.
Q: Are tests
available in other languages?
A:
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Tests Translated Into Spanish |
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Technical Tests |
Basic
Skills Tests |
| MecTest -
Form AU-CS |
Combined
Basic Skills -
Form LCS-C
(Read., Arith., Insp. & Meas. Process Monitoring & Problem
Solving) |
| ElecTest
- Form A-CS |
Reading -
Form A |
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Arithmetic - Form A |
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Team Skills - Form A |
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Tests Translated Into French |
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Technical Tests |
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Technician Mechanical - Form A2R |
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Maintenance Electrician A - Form BTA |
Q: What is the difference between an Aptitude and Knowledge or
Skills Test?
A: Aptitude tests are designed to predict one's ability to learn
a job or succeed in a training program. Knowledge or skills
tests are designed to measure one's knowledge or skills in specific
areas.
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II. Manuals
Q: What information
does a test manual contain?
A: Administration manuals contain instructions for administering
the test, scoring the test, and interpreting the scores.
They do not contain a sample of the test or an answer key.
Q: Why should I purchase a test manual?
A: Ramsay Corporation recommends purchasing one manual when
a test is ordered for the first time. Manuals provide instructions
for administering the test, scoring the test, and interpreting the
scores.
Q: When should I order test manuals?
A: Ramsay Corporation recommends purchasing manuals at the time
of test purchase to avoid delays and extra shipping costs. On
the order page for each test, enter the quantity of manuals you
would like along with the number of tests. Then the manuals will
automatically be added to your cart along with the tests.
Q: Are all test manuals the same?
A: No, each test has its own unique manual. Manuals should be
ordered at the time tests are purchased.
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III. Study Materials
Q: Can I buy just one test so I can study?
A: No. Our policy is that we do not sell tests or give advice to
test takers; but rather, we refer them to the organization giving
the test to provide information about what the test measures and how
they may prepare for it.
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IV. Pricing
Q: Where can I find prices for all your services?
A: On our services page.
Q: Are there discounts available?
A: Yes. Most tests have volume discounting when 100 test booklets are
ordered. Test packets do not have discounts. Discounts
are automatically applied in the online order form when the quantity
reaches a price breakpoint.
Q: Do I get a discount if I purchase sample tests?
A: The cost of the sample test is deducted from the order when
the same tests as the sample are purchased.
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V. Business
Q: What are your business hours?
A: 9AM - 5PM EST Monday through Friday, excluding Holidays.
Q: Can you send a sales person to talk to us?
A: We can send a consultant to speak with you for our normal
consulting fee plus travel expenses.
Q: What methods of shipping are
available?
A: We ship via UPS Ground, DHL 2nd Day, and DHL Overnight.
Other shipping services available for an additional charge.
Q: When will orders ship?
A: Orders placed before 2:00PM EST ship on the same day
provided tests are in stock.
Q: Are
Ramsay Corporation tests sold elsewhere?
A: In addition to dealing with Ramsay Corporation directly, you
may have seen our tests sold by other distributors.
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VI. Validation
Q: Are your tests valid?
A: The tests sold by Ramsay Corporation have been validated for
their original use using a content-related validation model.
Obviously we have not conducted such a study for your company.
When we did the original studies, they conformed to the requirements
of the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
(1978).
Q: What kind of validation do you use?
A: Our tests have been validated for their original use using a
content-related validation model. Several of our tests have
been further supported by criterion-related validation studies.
These tests include:
MainTest ElecTest
Reading Form A Combined Basic Skills
Inspection & Measurement Form LCI-C Electrical Maintenance
Trainee MecTest ChemTest
Multi-CrafTest Arithmetic Form CO-C WTMA (Wiesen Test of
Mechancial Aptitude)
Q: Where can I get more information on
validation?
A: Click on the specific type of test your are interested in:
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VII. Statistics
Q: What is reliability?
A: Reliability is the internal consistency of the test.
For instance, we have a 60 item exam that measures Electrical
Aptitude. A formula would be used (Ramsay
Corporation uses the KR20 formula) that would compare 30 of the items to
the other 30 items and examine the results. The closer to 1.0,
the more reliable the test.
Q: What is the mean?
A: The mean is another word for the average. In other
words, if you add up all the scores that people receive, and divide
them by the total number of people who have taken the test, you have
the mean.
Q: What is standard deviation?
A: Standard deviation is a measure of how much variation or
spread there is in the scores. About 68% will fall within one
standard deviation from the mean, about 95% of people fall within
two standard deviations from the mean, and 99% of people will fall
within two standard deviations from the mean. These can be
positive or negative scores around the mean, or in other words, they
could be higher or lower. For example, if a test has a mean
score of 30 with a standard deviation of 5, 68% of the people will
have scores that fall between 25 and 35, 95% of the people will have
scores that fall between 20 and 40, and 99% of the people will have
scores that fall between 15 and 45.
Q: What is the standard error of
measurement?
A: The SEM (Standard Error of Measurement) measures the likely
distance of a test taker's obtained scores from his or her true scores.
For example, if you could have an employee take a test many times,
you could obtain a collection of scores. Some scores would be
higher, some would be lower, but they would be centered around the
average. The spread of these scores around that average is the SEM.
Therefore, if a test has a SEM of 3.25, then the true score for
any given employee could be either 3.25 higher or 3.25 lower.
Q: What is a correlation?
A: Correlation is the measure of the relationship between two
items, and is a numeric score between −1.0 and 1.0, with −1.0 or 1.0
being the strong relationships, and 0 being no relationship between
the two items. For instance, say that doing well on one
test correlates in a strong positive direction with job performance.
This means that if an employee scores well on the test, then there is a good chance
that he or she will do well on job performance as well.
Q: What is the difference between
percentage and percentile?
A: In brief, a percentage is the percent of items answer
correctly on the test, while percentile is the percent of people who
scored the same or below you. For example, a
person who scored a 75% on the test would be in the 90th
percentile. That means that he or she scored better than 90% of the
people who have taken the test, but worse than 10% of test takers
Q: How
do these statistics relate to testing and job performance?
A: The
paragraph describing the statistics for the ElecTest states that: "The test contains 60 items in a multiple
choice format. In a group of 201 employed mechanics,
reliability was .85 with a mean score of 22.75, a standard deviation
of 8.32 and a standard error of measurement of 3.22."
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The average employed
mechanic would score a 22.75 on this exam.
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68% would score
between 14.43 and 31.07, 95% would score between 6.11 and 39.39,
and 99% would score within the 0 - 47.71 range.
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The average employed
mechanic who has taken this test would have a true score within
3.22 of his or her obtained score.
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