This project provides a list of criteria for which the contents of interpretive guides written for customized, criterion-referenced tests can be evaluated. The criteria are based on the "Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing" (1999) and examine the content breadth of interpretive guides. Interpretive guides written for…

Items of mental rotation tests can not only be solved by mental rotation but also by other solution strategies. A multigroup latent class analysis of 24 items of the Mental Rotations Test (MRT) was conducted in a sample of 1,695 German pupils and students to find out how many solution strategies can be identified for the items of this test. The…

Evaluates these hypotheses: 1) psychological test indices of organic impairment are more frequent in Tourette patients than in a normal population, and 2) signs of organic impairment are more frequent in Tourette patients on psychiatric, neurological, and electroencephalographic examination than in the general population. (Author/RC)

A COMPUTER COUNT OF THE RELATIVE INCIDENCE OF LETTERS IN 431 PLEASANT (P) WORDS AND 702 UNPLEASANT (U) WORDS REVEALED THAT SOME LETTERS TEND TO OCCUR MORE FREQUENTLY IN THE INITIAL POSITION OF P WORDS AND OTHER LETTERS MORE FREQUENTLY IN THE INITIAL POSITION OF U WORDS. A TASK REQUIRING 40 ADULTS TO GUESS FOR EACH LETTER WHETHER IT OCCURRED IN A P…

Intercorrelations among Uzgiris and Hunt's scales for 2 samples of infants were subjected to cluster analysis and factor analysis. The results of these procedures were similar for both samples. Three clusters from the first analysis resembling 3 factors from the second. The findings were also consistent with Uzgiris and Hunt's observations on the…

Attempted to replicate previous research which demonstrated that psychological test results of newly admitted alcoholics are not stable due to lingering alcohol toxicity. The present study (N=40) demonstrated that a 10-day delay in testing is sufficient to obtain stable results on some psychological tests. (Author/JAC)

The results of this study are consistent with previous research that has indicated that a large proportion of MMPI protocols obtained in a psychiatric setting can be classified into a relatively small number of two point code types. (Author)

Close examination of the influence of sex in the areas of schizophrenia, psychological testing, and sexual attitude and behaviors suggested that sex of E and S can influence results of research. This variable should be explicitly considered when designing experiments. Appropriate controls include using male and female Ss and Es. (Author)