Note: This test review was published by BPS on 2nd March 2006 Description of the Test: The Work Styles Questionnaire (WSQ) is an individual, self-report questionnaire, which is occupationally oriented and which measures personality. It is aimed at selection and development for production and manufacturing employees (manual and operative staff) and is based around job analyses of production and manufacturing …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 2nd March 2006 Description of the Test: The battery of tests has been designed to measure basic abilities which are important in the range of administrative and public service/ information jobs which are found in the transport industry. There are four tests in the battery: Using Information (VWT1 – 25 items …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 2nd March 2006 Description of the Test: The battery consists of three tests designed for the selection of applicants to operative jobs in an industrial production environment. The Understanding Instructions Test (VWP1 – 39 items with a 12 min. time limit) aims to measure the ability to understand simple written instructions …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 18th August 2006 Description of the Test: The Work Profile Questionnaire is said to be occupationally oriented. The adjectives themselves are from a general lexicon. The interpretations are only related to work in a most general and abstract way. The instrument consists simply of adjectives. It is difficult to specify which …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 31st January 2012 Description of the Test: The Wechsler Memory Scale®–Fourth UK Edition (WMS-IVUK) is an individually administered battery designed to assess various memory and working memory abilities in individuals aged 16-90. In addition to the assessment of memory functioning, the WMS®-IVUK contains an optional Brief Cognitive Status Exam designed to …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 19th October 2012 Description of the Test: The first Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) was published in the US in 1949. This review is of the anglicised, fourth edition WISC-IVUK which was published in the UK in 2004 a year after the WISC-IV became available in the US. Use of …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 11th September 2012 Description of the Test: The Wechsler Individual Achievement Test Second UK Edition (WIAT-II UK) is a revised version of the WIAT and brings together all the previous Wechsler Achievement Tests (i.e. the Wechsler Objective Reading Dimension – WORD, the Wechsler Objective Numerical Dimensions – WOND and the Wechsler …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 27th March 2012 Description of the Test: The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – Fourth UK Edition (WAIS-IV UK) is an individually administered clinical instrument designed to assess the cognitive ability of adolescents and adults aged 16 to 90 years. The WAIS-IV is a revision of the WAIS-III. In addition to the …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 11th June 2014 Description of the Test: The Saville Consulting Wave Styles assessments are part of a multi-dimensional assessment suite for use in a wide variety of applications (selection, individual development, coaching, leadership assessment, team development, organizational talent audit, business growth, self-awareness and career planning). The Styles assessments were developed to …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 24th April 2008 Description of the Test: The Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (W-GCTA) consists of five sub-sets of items designed to measure different, though interdependent, aspects of verbal reasoning. These five aspects are: Inference; Recognition of Assumptions; Deduction; Interpretation; and Evaluation of Arguments. The test material consists of a series of …