The phrase "a poor test" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a test that is ineffective, inadequate, or not well-designed in assessing knowledge or skills.
Example: "The results of the exam were inconclusive, indicating that it was a poor test of the students' understanding of the material."
Alternatives: "an inadequate assessment" or "a subpar evaluation."
But they also think that Berkeley may be a poor test market.
Mr. Judge said Fox was initially behind the movie, but after a poor test screening the studio's "support went away".
A poor test result in an older person does not necessarily indicate the presence of Alzheimer's or Parkinson's, but it does alert doctors that further investigation is necessary.
It has been criticized as a poor test of support because the candidates essentially buy the tickets for the attendees who do the voting.
I don't want colleges to judge me over a poor test score, when I personally know that I am better than what those scores say".
Ms. Bachmann entered the race just before the end of the second quarter, making it a poor test of her real ability to raise campaign cash.
His scepticism toward missile defence, a programme on which the US has spent billions in spite of a poor testing record and a shaky rationale, is healthy.
This result also strongly underscores the value of reporting more than just PTRT in PET test-retest studies, since this metric attenuates a poor test-rest datapoint, while ICC and WSCV appropriately highlight its influence.
At first, Henson's Muppets appeared separately from the realistic segments on the Street, but after a poor test-screening in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the show was revamped to integrate the two, placing much greater emphasis on Henson's work.
These strengths were counterbalanced by a poor test-retest reliability and criterion validity of the ASQ, probably because of methodological shortcomings, and failure to demonstrate effects of socio-economic status.
The proposal was to stop using SAT 1 but continue using SAT 2. The former is an aptitude test; the latter a set of achievement tests.Many studies including one I published with Frank Norman in 1992—show that SAT 1 is almost useless once SAT 2 is in hand.SAT 1 is, it seems, a relatively poor test at predicting college achievement.
