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Comrey, Andrew L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1988
Addresses common pitfalls in homogeneous scale construction in clinical and social psychology. Offers suggestions about item writing, answer scale formats, data analysis procedures, and overall scale development strategy. Emphasizes effective use of factor-analytic methods to select items for scales and to determine its proper location in…
Descriptors: Clinical Psychology, Data Analysis, Factor Analysis, Personality Measures

Teplitz, Charles – Simulation and Games, 1983
In quantitative courses, examinations measure a small portion of the students' subject mastery, and grading is difficult. Take-home examinations test more but their development is difficult. Computer assisted test construction, where a computer generates random data within relative constraints for preprogrammed examination questions, is proposed…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Programs, Educational Testing