The reliability of an abbreviated form of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), the Mini-Mult, and its degree of correspondence with the MMPI were evaluated with a sample of 60 hospitalized schizophrenic veterans. The major results indicate respectable validity and reliability coefficients for most Mini-Mult Scales. (Author)

Article evaluated the weaknesses in the WISC because it is used to make far reaching decisions about the educational programs of children. (Author/RK)

This followup to a previous study questioning the use of the Academic Achievement score on the SVIB to predict the academic achievement of women supports the earlier study's results. (HMV)

The purpose of this study was to reexamine the earlier results for two item-writing practices using different methods for developing the instruments. (Author)

The expected reliability of a multiple choice test is maximized by the use of three alternative items. (Author)

The 35-item attitude scale was developed to test the hypothesis that male views of appropriate female behavior significantly influence the processes underlying females' career development. The rating scale is a Likert-type instrument and does not provide for a neutral response. The test is group administered, takes approximately 30 minutes, and is…

A study investigating the degree of agreement between teacher evaluators using a standard set of evaluation criteria and evaluation methods examines the test reliability of the Classroom Procedures Assessment Instrument, the Interpersonal Skills Assessment Instrument, and the Teaching Plans and Materials Assessment Instrument. Two statistical…

A procedure was devised to assess the degree of reliability and validity of a behavior rating scale checklist used to evaluate parents' training skills with handicapped infants. Reliability was tested by independent observers viewing videotapes of training sessions and filling out checklist ratings of the parents' behaviors. Validity was assessed…

Tests for assessing critical thinking skills or abilities are reviewed in order to: (1) compare various measures and provide a critical review of each instrument; (2) encourage researchers to refine them; and (3) identify problems in measuring critical thinking by analyzing weaknesses in the tests. The publication is divided into two sections: a…

A SERIES OF STUDIES SOUGHT TO ASCERTAIN (1) INTER- AND INTRA-RATER RELIABILITY FOR THE HARRIS-GOODENOUGH DRAW-A-MAN TEST, (2) DRAW-A-MAN (DAM) VALIDITY, AND DRAW-A-WOMAN (DAW) VALIDITY. THE DRAWINGS OF 72 STUDENTS IN AN UPPER MIDDLE CLASS WERE SCORED INDEPENDENTLY BY TWO SELF-TAUGHT SCORERS, ONE OF WHOM ALSO RESCORED THE TEST A WEEK LATER. THE…

This study, involving 131 students in grades ten, eleven, and twelve, investigated the effects of order of administration of subtests on scores from the Nelson-Denny Reading Test. Results indicated that order of administration had no significant effect on scores from the vocabulary subtest or on the total test score, but subjects taking the…

In this self-concept scale for adolescents based on Havighurst's developmental task, the person is asked to read a paragraph which explains the task and to report the way he sees and feels about his ability to achieve the task in relation to what he can do, what others do, and what it takes to be successful at the task. Response is on a scale of…

Plans are outlined for developing measurement techniques and testing programs to determine the success or failure of the program objectives in the cognitive and attitude areas of the Mountain-Plains program. In the cognitive area a criterion-referenced approach will be used, in spite of problems associated with reliability. Item pools will be…