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DOTTING TEST [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

... [A test] in which the task is to make, with a stylus or pencil, as many taps as possible in a given time.

OBS

There are many variants of the tapping test. In some one may tap at random, in others one must strike on one spot only, in others one must make as many dots as possible with the pencil provided. Dotting test is given as synonym of tapping test by some authors, but our research seems to indicate that dotting test is specific with respect to tapping test.

Key term(s)
  • dotting test

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
DEF

Épreuve de vitesse motrice.

OBS

«Tapping» est un mot anglais employé dans un grand nombre d'ouvrages français pour désigner les tests permettant d'évaluer la vitesse motrice.

Key term(s)
  • tapping

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

... a test in which the testee aims with a pen at a succession of small circles arranged in irregular pattern on a moving tape.

OBS

Dotting test is sometimes given as a synonym of tapping test; however, our research seems to indicate that the dotting test is a specific type of tapping test and that the two terms are not synonyms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
DEF

[...] tests utilisés pour l'examen de la motricité élémentaire, et dans lesquels on demande, par exemple, au sujet de tracer le plus vite possible un point ou un trait à l'intérieur d'une série de petits cercles. (Ces tests font intervenir l'aptitude à effectuer avec rapidité et précision une série de mouvements nécessitant la coordination oculo-motrice.).

Spanish

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