Book Description
Product Description
Candidates for selection and promotion interviews by large employers will find that numeracy tests are second in use only to verbal reasoning (word-power) tests.
Numeracy tests call for the ability to add, subtract, divide and multiply, usually without the aid of calculators, and to interpret numerical data.
Familiarity with test procedures in advance will increase confidence. This book will help anyone preparing for selection tests containing a numerical element. This new expanded edition offers information, practical advice and many new practice tests (as well as the answers, to allow self-assessment). It deals with the three common types of numeracy test:
number problems
number sequences
data interpretation.
Based on the author's work preparing candidates for the uniformed services and the Civil Service entrance examinations, this book will prove invaluable to all who apply for jobs, promotion or training.
About the Author
Ken Thomas
Ken Thomas was Principal Lecturer in Education Management at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, and is now a Chartered Psychologist and author. He is co-author of How to Pass Verbal Reasoning Tests, How to Pass Numeracy Tests and How to Pass the Police Initial Recruitment Test, all published by Kogan Page.
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1. A Brief Guide to Selection Tests
Why do employers and others use selection tests?
What are selection tests?
What is the difference between fair and unfair selection decisions?
How is fairness achieved in test construction and administration?
How are tests marked?
What types of selection test might you be required to take?
2. How to Prepare for Taking Selection Tests
Can practice make a difference?
How to perform to the best of your ability on tests
How to use the practice tests
What do your practice test scores mean?
How to make the best use of feedback from practice tests
Other things you can do to improve your numeracy skills
Basic numeracy checklist
Multiplication matrix
3. Taking Real Tests
What to do when taking real tests
How to record your answers
Taking tests online
4. Number Problem Tests
Reviewing your basic numeracy skills
Number problem practice tests
5. Data Interpretation Tests (1)
Data interpretation practice tests
6. Data Interpretation Tests (2)
Data interpretation practice tests
7. Number Sequence Tests
Worked examples of common number sequence problems
Number sequence practice tests
8. Answers and Explanations
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.