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Moon, Peter – Canadian Training Methods, 1976
Take a scientific approach to the use of psychological testing in business and industry, and analyze jobs carefully as an important part of setting up a testing program. The article offers a step-by-step procedure for testing employees, analyzing results, and deciding whether the test is useful or not. (Author/AJ)
Descriptors: Personnel Evaluation, Personnel Management, Personnel Selection, Psychological Testing
Peer reviewedHirshoren, Alfred; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1977
The Performance Scale of the WISC-R was administered to 59 prelingually deaf children attending a state-supported day school program. The results compare favorably with those found by Wechsler with the standardization sample. (Author)
Descriptors: Deafness, Exceptional Child Research, Group Testing, Intelligence Tests
Download full textBotterbusch, Karl F. – 1978
This publication is designed to help vocational evaluators wisely select and use tests within the context of the referral questions and the individualized evaluation plan. The first of two parts contains information on why tests are used in evaluation, problems with tests, and how to select tests. Part 2 contains a review of specific tests that…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Evaluation, Occupational Tests, Psychological Testing
Brown, Frederick G. – 1980
This monograph serves as a nontechnical guide to teachers, counselors, school psychologists, administrators, parents, and others who use the 1974 Standards for Educational and Psychological Tests. The Standards are a concise summary of standards and guidelines for the development, evaluation, interpretation, use, and reporting of information on…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Educational Testing, Guidelines, Psychological Testing
Schaeffer, Gary A.; And Others – 1979
Developmental psychologists have not traditionally documented the psychometric properties of their observational instruments, partly because such concepts as reliability and validity are associated mainly with paper-and-pencil tests. A multitrait-multimethod correlation matrix (MTMM) was presented as a useful method for the psychometric evaluation…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Child Development, Correlation, Developmental Psychology
Grigorenko, Elena L.; Sternberg, Robert J. – 1999
Noting that the last 40 years have witnessed an enormous increase in the number of psychological tests designed for the assessment of competencies in very young children, this review summarizes the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of psychological tests and other assessment instruments used to evaluate the cognitive functioning of…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Cognitive Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Infants
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, New York, NY. – 1976
The concern with the negative impact on blacks of the national trend toward assessing aptitude achievement and intelligence almost solely through test instruction whose validity and/or administration method is often suspect is reflected in this document. It reports the conference proceedings of the National Association for the Advancement of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Conference Reports, Criterion Referenced Tests, Culture Fair Tests
