The following is an alphabetized and categorized list of notable tests.
Clinical psychology tests
Test Description Year Beck Depression Inventory Measures severity of Depression 1961 Depression Anxiety Stress Scales Isolate and identify aspects of emotional disturbance 1965
Cognitive development tests
Test Description Year Draw-A-Person Test Psychological projection test for children 1926 Knox Cubes Nonverbal intelligence test 1913 Modern Language Aptitude Test Foreign language test Multiple choice Determine the best possible answer from a list. 1915 Pimsleur Language Aptitude Battery Foreign language proficiency attainment predictor. 1966 Porteus Maze Test Measures psychological planning capacity. 1914
Intelligence tests Cattell Culture Fair Kohs block Woodcock–Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities Multidimensional Aptitude Battery II Leiter International Performance Scale Miller Analogies Test Otis–Lennon School Ability Test Raven's Progressive Matrices Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales Sternberg Triarchic Abilities Test Turing test Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence Wonderlic Test Iq test Trust metric
Medical tests Test Description Year Apgar test Quickly summarizes the health of newborn children. 1952 Biopsy Cell or tissue sampling for examination. ? Blood test Blood sample laboratory test. ? DNA test Genetic diagnosis of vulnerabilities to inherited diseases and more. ? Gait Abnormality Rating Scale A videotape-based analysis of 16 facets of human gait. 1996 Glucose Tolerance Test Glucose is given and blood samples taken afterward determine how quickly it is cleared from the blood. 1923 Ishihara colour test A color perception test for red-green color deficiencies. 1917 Liver function test Groups of blood tests that give information about the state of a patient's liver N/A Lumbar puncture Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) collection to confirm or exclude conditions 1891 Mantoux test Tuberculosis screening tool. 1890 Pap smear Cervical screening used to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous processes in the endocervical canal. ? RAST test (radioallergosorbent test) Blood test used to determine the substances a subject is allergic to. 1974 Uhlenhuth test Forensic test to determine the species of a blood sample 1901 Urea Breath Test A rapid diagnostic procedure used to identify infections by Helicobacter pylori. ? Wassermann test An antibody test for syphilis ?
Self tests Test Description Year Mirror test Determines whether a non-human animal possesses the ability of self-recognition 1970 Sally-Anne test Measures a person's social cognitive ability to attribute false beliefs to others. 1985
Statistical tests Ames test Chi-squared test Draize test Dixon's Q test F-test Fisher's exact test GRIM test Kolmogorov–Smirnov test Kuiper's test Likelihood-ratio test Median test Mann–Whitney U test Pearson's chi-squared test Rank product test Shapiro–Wilk test Statistical hypothesis testing Student's t-test Tukey's range test Tukey's test of additivity Welch's t test
Personality tests Test Description Year Activity vector analysis (AVA) psychometric questionnaire designed to measure four personality factors 1942 Bem Sex-Role Inventory (Gender identification) 1974 Big Five personality traits Five broad domains or dimensions of personality that are used to describe human personality 1961 California Psychological Inventory (Self-report inventory) DISC assessment A behavior assessment tool based on the DISC theory of psychologist William Moulton Marston, which centers on four “primary emotions” and associated behavioral traits: dominance, influence, steadiness, and conscientiousness. 1928 The Hand Test A projective technique that utilizes ten unbound 3.5 x 4.5 inch cards 1983 EQSQ Test (Empathizing–systemizing theory) Suggests that people may be classified on the basis of their scores along two dimensions: empathizing (E) and systemizing (S) ? Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Assesses the personality traits 1985 Hare Psychopathy Checklist Psychopath presence 1970s Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI) Thinking preferences in people 1982 HEXACO model of personality structure Personality Inventory Personality structure is a six-dimensional model of human personality 2004 Holland Codes (RIASEC) (Personality-occupation matching) A theory of careers and vocational choice based upon personality types. 1990s Inwald Personality Inventory Personality inventory primarily used to screen applicants for high-risk positions such as police candidates. 1980 International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) A public domain collection of items for use in personality tests. N/A Keirsey Temperament Sorter Self-assessed personality questionnaire designed to help people better understand themselves. ? Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) The most widely used and researched standardized psychometric test of adult personality and psychopathology. 1943 Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI) A psychological assessment tool intended to provide information on psychopathology 1969 Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) A psychometric questionnaire measuring psychological preferences in how most people perceive the world and make decisions, based on Carl Jung's four principal psychological functions of how humans experience the world – sensation, intuition, feeling, and thinking. 1921 Newcastle Personality Assessor (NPA) A personality test designed to measure the test-taker's personality on five dimensions: Extroversion, Neuroticism, Conscientious, Agreeableness, and Openness. ? Revised NEO Personality Inventory A psychological personality inventory 1990 Robin Hood Morality Test A simple psychology test ? Rorschach inkblot test A psychological test in which subjects' perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed using psychological interpretation, complex algorithms, or both. 1960sSokanu Interests, Personality, and Preferences Inventory A psychological inventory used in career counseling and employee selection2013Structure of Temperament Questionnaire (STQ) A test measuring 12 biologically-based (temperament) traits describing universal formal-dynamical aspects of behaviour1989Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire A questionnaire to assess the adaptation of freshmen to college. Used to reduce adaptation problems and drop-outs1987 Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire or 16PF Questionnaire (16PF) A multiple-choice personality questionnaire which was developed over several decades of research by Raymond B. Cattell 1940s Swedish Universities Scales of Personality A personality test based on the older Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP) ? Taylor–Johnson Temperament Analysis A personality test designed to measure nine common personality traits for the assessment of individual adjustment. 1941 Temperament and Character Inventory An inventory for personality traits devised by Cloninger ? Thematic Apperception Test A projective psychological test 1930s Thomas–Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument A psychological personality inventory early 1970s True Colors (personality) Test A personality profiling system created by Don Lowry 1979 Woodworth Personal Data Sheet Commonly cited as the first personality test WWI
Pure-mathematical tests Test Description Year Fermat primality test A probabilistic test to determine whether a number is probable prime. 2001 Miller–Rabin primality test Determines whether a given number is prime. ? Primality test Determines whether an input number is prime. ?
Skills assessment tests Student assessment test Scantron test Bourdon–Wiersma test Graduate Management Admission Test Graduate Record Examination (GRE) GRE Physics Test HESI exam Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Medical College Admission Test SAT college entrance test Screen test
Language tests IELTS (International English Language Testing System) iTEP (International Test of English Proficiency) TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication) TSE (Test of Spoken English) DALF (Test of French Language)
Industrial and manufacturing tests Test Description Year Acceptance test A test conducted to determine if the requirements of a specification or contract are met. N/A Crash test A form of destructive testing usually performed in order to ensure safe design standards in crashworthiness N/A Moose test Performed to determine how well a certain vehicle evades a suddenly appearing obstacle. 1970s Nondestructive testing (NDT/NDA) Analysis techniques used in science and industry to evaluate the properties of a material, component or system without causing damage. N/A Sanity test A basic test to quickly evaluate whether a claim or the result of a calculation can possibly be true. N/A Smoke test Preliminary testing to reveal simple failures severe enough to reject a prospective software release. N/A Software testing An investigation conducted to provide stakeholders with information about the quality of the product or service under test. 1979 Stress test A form of deliberately intense or thorough testing used to determine the stability of a given system or entity. N/A Unit test Software testing method by which individual units of source code are tested to determine whether they are fit for use. N/A
Laboratory (non-medical) tests Test Description Year Marsh test Detection of arsenic. 1836 Paternity test Biological parent–child relationship. 1920s Radiocarbon dating Aging organic material. 1940s
Legal tests
Test Description Year Berne three-step test Standardize possible limitations and exceptions to exclusive rights under their respective national copyright laws. 1967 Habitual residence test Standard used to determine the law which should be applied to determine a given legal dispute. ? Caroline test A 19th-century formulation of customary international law which said that the necessity for preemptive self-defense must be "instant, overwhelming, and leaving no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation." ?
Miscellaneous and uncategorized tests Test Description Year Purity test An Internet meme purported to determine the user's degree of innocence in worldly matters. 1980s Nuclear testing Determines the effectiveness, yield, and explosive capability of nuclear weapons. 1945 Wug test Demonstrated that young children possess implicit knowledge of linguistic morphology. 1958
See also List of standardized tests in the United States
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