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Record 1 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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