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Psychological testing
ICD-10-PCS	GZ1
ICD-9-CM	94.02
MeSH	D011581

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Psychological testing refers to the administration of psychological tests.^[1] Psychological tests are administered or scored by trained evaluators.^[1] A person's responses are evaluated according to carefully prescribed guidelines. Scores are thought to reflect individual or group differences in the construct the test purports to measure.^[1] The science behind psychological testing is psychometrics.^[1]^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Urbina, Susana; Anastasi, Anne (1997). Psychological testing (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. p. 4. ISBN 9780023030857. OCLC 35450434.
^ Nunnally, J.C., & Bernstein, I.H. (1994). Psychometric theory. New York: McGraw-Hill.