Psychological testing in the undergraduate curriculum

A survey of the quantitative offerings and requirements of all 51 Canadian undergraduate psychology programs showed that courses in psychological test ing are offered less often and are required much less often than those in s tatistics and methods. This may reflect a lack of attention to testing in g raduate school training and a preference for "experimental" over "correlati onal" psychology. I argue that testing courses should be required because m easurement is a fundamental topic, that certain important debates rest on t est data, and that tests are widely used in applied settings. In closing, I present some suggestions for course content.