foretest

A test conducted or given beforehand; a preliminary test conducted before the inception of an experiment or evaluation.

Noun

  1. A test conducted or given beforehand; a preliminary test conducted before the inception of an experiment or evaluation.
    • This procedure provided a foretest, inspection period, and aftertest, and each 5 underwent one such trial series. - 1964, Perceptual and Motor Skills:
    • Even if he had found positive transfer effects, one could have attributed the gain to the practice effect during the foretest rather than to the improvement of memory per se. - 1972, Morris E. Eson, Psychological...
    • The children who made very low ascendancy scores in the foretest were then trained by the experimenter till they had complete mastery of certain play materials—blocks for building certain designs, a jigsaw puzzle, a...

Origin

From fore- + test.

Forms

foretests

Antonyms

aftertest

Verb

  1. To test beforehand or in advance.
    • The instrument used in this study would be helpful to foretest advisees and hence would facilitate advisor's work in the direction of detecting maladjustments. - 1977, Research Journal of the Shreemati Nathibai Damodar...
  2. To give evidence for beforehand or in advance.
    • This indicates that probably Muslims foretested a greater importance in the diplomatic corps than the modern western states. - 1988, Indian Journal of Politics

Forms

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