Guide to Locating and Selecting Psychological Tests
Discover considerations and methods for locating and selecting psychological tests, including dimensions to evaluate, sources of information, standardized tests, and a homework task to locate non-standardized tests.
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Locating Tests http://www.apa.org/science/faq- findtests.html
Considerations in locating tests How do you decide if you need a test? How do you locate information about tests? How do you locate the actual test? What do you look for in tests? How do you select the test to use?
Some dimensions of tests Standardization Commercial Author Cost Domain Length Administration options Language Availability
Locating tests/information Published psychological tests Commercial vendors Unpublished psychological tests Scholarly publications Internet Commercial publications Create own
Published Standardized Psychological Tests The Buros Institute Tests in Print (TIP) Mental Measurement Yearbook (MMY) z5814P8B932
MMY Buros Institute for Mental Measurements 18thed 2010 Not cumulative Multiple indexes Titles Acronyms Subject Publisher Names Source
Information in MMY Title Purpose Population Publication date Acronym Scores Administration Forms, parts, levels Manual Price Foreign language Time Comments
Homework due Tuesday 4 Feb Locate 3 non standardized tests ** You must have access to the actual questions and scoring rubric. Submit your own brief descriptions of tests and a reference (where you got it) as well copies of the test questions. Rank order by preference to use
