Article investigated the use of biographical, personality, attitudinal and motivational information for predicting creative potential. (Author/RK)

In comparison with other predictors as intelligence, aptitude, interest, and personality, biographical items had vastly superior validity. (Author)

The validity of predicting female homosexuality from empirical signs from the Draw-A-Person (DAP) was compared to the validity of psychologists'"blind" predictions from the same DAP protocols. (Author)

This paper introduces a new measure of attitude, the "attitude pie," which attempts to separate true neutrality from degree of indifference while providing an evaluation score on the issue being judged. A large reliability-validity study involving ten attitude traits, four different methods, and over one hundred subjects at three different times…

Study of 18-21 year old men in a reformatory indicated both delinquency prediction scales generally correlated low with most of the personality inventory scales; scale scores of both inventories were generally elevated. (Author)

The usefulness of certain psychological tests administered during infancy for the prediction of intelligence test performance during early childhood was the focus of this investigation. (Authors)

Describes scales measuring attitudes toward violence and determining social values. In a study of American males, attitudes toward violence are strongly related to basic values, attitudes toward others, and the language used to describe events." (Author/AL)

The investigations reported in this article serve a dual purpose. First, validity and reliability data relative to the School Counselor Attitude Inventory (SCAI) are presented for the users of that instrument. Secondly, those who share an interest in tests and measurement may find the presentation instructive. (Author)

Responses of Massachusetts groups of 200 male and 200 female delinquents to the items of the School Interest Inventory were contrasted with 200 male and 200 female nondelinquents. The same procedure was followed with an identical number of subjects in Rhode Island. Items which appeared significant at the .20 level in at least one subgroup of 100…

Compares the Fry, Dale-Chall, and SMOG readability formulas and cautions users about their limitations. (RB)

The manual for the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (MSCA) cites a study of concurrent validity. A partial replication of the study yielded lower means and larger standard deviations for five of the MSCA scales and for the Stanford-Binet. (Author)