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ˈsubtest
[sub- 5 c, 7 a.]
A test which is subsidiary to or forms part of a main test, esp. (Psychol.) in aptitude assessment.
1939Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. July 21 In normal mental test theory there is a test variable (consisting, if need be, of several sub-tests which are used additively). 1961Lancet 26 Aug. 487/1, I also heartily endorse his call for a refinement in the constituent subtests of psychological batteries, so that intellectual functions may be more precisely identified. 1968W. E. Lambert in J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. (1968) 480 It is clear from these analyses that the subtests of the Modern Language Aptitude Test..are generally highly correlated with intelligence. 1976Word 1971 XXVII. 320 It includes subtests of vocabulary, oral comprehension, sentence completion, spelling, and grammar. |