Test

Test, TEST or Tester may refer to:

  • Test (assessment), an assessment intended to measure the respondents' knowledge or other abilities
    • Physical fitness test
    • Driving test
    • Performance test (assessment)
    • Performance test (bar exam)
  • Test match (disambiguation), an international sporting contest
  • River Test, a river in England
  • The upper part of a four-poster bed
  • Tester, a canopy over a tomb or pulpit, also known as a sounding board

Mathematics and statistics

  • Statistical hypothesis testing, a method of making decisions using data
  • Statistical test, a statistical procedure aiming to classify the elements of a population
  • Statistical hypothesis testing, a method of making statistical decisions using experimental data, particular case of the former

Science and technology

  • Concept inventory, an assessment to reveal student thinking on a topic
  • test (Unix), a Unix command for evaluating conditional expressions
  • TEST (x86 instruction), an x86 assembly language instruction
  • Software testing, the process of verifying that a software program works as expected
  • Experiment, a part of the scientific method
  • Test (biology), the shell of sea urchins and certain microorganisms
  • Test method, a definitive procedure that produces a test result
  • Chemical test, a procedure designed to prove the existence of, or to quantify, a particular substance
  • Psychological testing, the use of behavioral samples to make inferences about an individual
  • Physical test, a method for determining characteristics of a product
  • Toxicology testing

People

  • Desmond Tester (1919–2002)
  • John Test (1771–1849)
  • Jon Tester (born 1956), junior Senator from Montana, a Democrat
  • Ralph Tester, head of the Testery, a British codebreaking station at Bletchley Park
  • Ruth Tester (1903–1993)
  • Scan Tester (1887–1972), English folk and country musician
  • William Tester (born 1960), American novelist
  • Zachary Test (born 1989), American rugby union player
  • Andrew Martin (1975–2009), professional wrestler who used the ring name "Test"

Media and entertainment

  • Tests (album), a 1998 album by The Microphones
  • "Tester," a song by Anthrax on the album Stomp 442
  • The Tester, a reality show produced by Sony about videogame testing
  • Johnny Test, an American/Canadian animated television series

If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power.
— Harriet Martineau (1802–1876)