PURDUE NON-

LANGUAGE TEST
Individual Assessment
 HISTORY
MAIN POINTS COVERED
Company Profile
The Ideal Employee
From Hiring to Onboarding
Team Responsibilities
Employee Response
HR Satisfaction Survey
Additional Recommendations
 Description and Use of the Test

PNLT is a non-language group test of mental ability

intended for industrial use. It is “culture fair” and
consists entirely of geometric forms which show that
it can be effectively used for persons having different
cultural of educational backgrounds.
 Reliability
The reliabilities of the Purdue Non-Language
Test is presented in the tables below.
 Validity

Situational Validity Studies of the test are not yet available.

But, the test correlates (r=.65) with scores on the
adaptability test for 184 industrial salaried employees, and
(r=.55) with the adaptability test for 99 laborers.
 TEST
ADMINISTRATION
 MATERIALS

Purdue Non Language Test Form A

Purdue Non Language Test Form B
Form A Answer sheet
Form B Answer sheet
Pencil
 INSTRUCTIONS
Print your name on the test booklet.
Do not open the test booklet until told to
do so.
On the front page, look at the sample form
the 5 drawings that had been crossed out.
In the sample B, one of the five drawings is
different from the other 4. Cross out this
different drawing with a big X. 
 INSTRUCTIONS
Look at sample C. In this sample, cross out
the drawing that is different from the other
4 with a great big X.

In taking the test, you will find sets of 5

drawings, cross out the different one with a
good big X.
 INSTRUCTIONS
You may not be able to identify the
different drawings given in all of the sets,
but do the best you can. It will not pay you
to spend a great deal of time on any one
set. You will have 25 minutes – which is
enough if you don’t spend too much time
of the sets.

Don’t skip around. Take sets in order.

 INSTRUCTIONS

Are there any questions? If none, open

your test booklet and go ahead. At the end
of exactly 25 minutes, say:

Stop. Please pass in your test booklets.

 SCORING

To score the PNLT, simply refer to the

scoring key and check the items that were
correctly crossed out.
INTERPRETATION

43-47: High
38- 42: Above Average
35-37: Below Average
26-34: Low
 ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
Presentations are communication tools Presentations are communication tools
that can be used as demonstrations. that can be used as demonstrations.
 CAUTION ISSUES AND CONCERNS
Presentations are communication tools Presentations are communication tools
that can be used as demonstrations. that can be used as demonstrations.
SRA VERBAL TEST
Individual Assessment
 HISTORY
An American

LOUIS L. psychologist, was a

THURSTONE
pioneer in mental
measurements. He was
noted to applying
mathematical
procedures to
psychological research.
 DESCRIPTION OF THE TEST
The SRA Verbal is a short test of general ability
designed to measure adaptability. The items
are two types: L for linguistic and Q for
quantitative or arithmetic.

2 linguistic
1 quantitative
2 linguistic
2 quantitative.
PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES
 TEST
ADMINISTRATION
 RULES
The examiner should be familiar with testing
methods and experienced in administering
groups test.

The testing room should be free from

directions such unnecessary noise,
interruptions, uncomfortable furniture and
poor lighting.
 RULES
The examiner should be familiar with testing
methods and experienced in administering
groups test.

The testing room should be free from

directions such unnecessary noise,
interruptions, uncomfortable furniture and
poor lighting.
 RULES
The SRA Verbal may be administered to
groups as large as can be conveniently
restored.

In the distribution of materials, the examiner

distributes the test booklet and a hard pencil
to each examinee

Each examinee should print his name, group,

age and the date on the cover of the test
booklet.
 TEST ADMINISTRATION

Another procedure that is being

recommended in the practice exercises. The
cover page of the test will familiarize the
examinee with the test. He is told how to
solve the test problems, he is shown the
solution to sample test problems; and he
gets to solve some practice problems
himself.
 SCORING
To score, open the test booklet by tearing
edge on the right and then discard and
carbon. Starts at the arrow and follow the
solid lines and dark boxes for the 1-score and
the dotted lines and light boxes for the q-raw
scores. Count only those squares that
contain an X.
 INTERPRETATION

Raw score on either form may be converted to

a percentile rank stanine rank for interpretation.
A percentile rank is value on scoring scale at or
belong which a given percentage of case fall.
 ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
Presentations are communication tools Presentations are communication tools
that can be used as demonstrations. that can be used as demonstrations.
 CAUTION ISSUES AND CONCERNS
Presentations are communication tools Presentations are communication tools
that can be used as demonstrations. that can be used as demonstrations.