Introduces a new procedure for assessing communication style, the Communication Style Q-Set. The measure consists of a deck of 100 items describing communication orientations and behaviors. These may be sorted by subjects or raters to describe an individual's unique style. Presents evidence to support the measure's face, concurrent, and…

Critiques the Beavers-Timberlawn Family Evaluation Scale (BT), a measure designed to be used in conjunction with other scales to more fully identify the health/competence of a family. Reviews the assessment tool's strengths and limitations. Finds the BT to be an important contribution to clinical work. (ABB)

Determines the test-retest reliability of dichotic listening procedures for assessing cerebral lateralization of receptive language in preschoolers.%x$OD)

Rater and occasion generalizability (G) coefficients were derived by an intraclass correlation method for 11 scales and two total scores on an open-ended questionnaire, The Occupational Information Inventory, which measures vocational decision making. (Author)

The Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) was administered to 30 assaultive couples where the husband was undergoing treatment for wife assault. Differential reporting was found whereby husbands tend to view their marital relationship as mutually violent, while wives view it as husband-violent. The husband-wife correlation on specific items of the CTS…

Reports the development of an instrument to measure attraction to group and discusses several studies designed to assess its reliability and validity. (Author/BL)

Reliability research has suggested that perhaps the construct of career indecision is not stable and modest test-retest correlations might be an accurate reflection of an inherently unstable construct. Using generalizability theory, stability was found to vary according to the difficulty in making a career decision. (Author/BL)

Seventy-seven hearing students were tested to compare the original and revised forms of the Tennessee Self Concept Scale (TSCS), and 75 deaf and 27 hard-of-hearing students supplied test-retest data on the revised form. Good reliability was established as compared to the original, and reliability of the revised TSCS was demonstrated over time.…

Examined relative efficacy of two short forms of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) with respect to accurate subtest profile scatter (N=50). Subtest scores of both split-half Satz-Mogel short form and criterion referenced Modified WAIS-R (WAIS-RM) short form were found to differ significantly from full-length WAIS-R subtest scores.…

Evaluation approaches to measuring reliabilty in interaction analysis by (1) presenting criteria for a sound reliability estimate, (2) evaluating currently used tests against these criteria, and (3) discussing application of appropriate tests to interaction data. (PD)

Examines the accuracy of eighth-grade students' (N=306) self-scoring efforts on the Kuder Test. Results show that many participants were inaccurate. Recommendations are made to reduce the problem of scoring errors. (BH)

Administered three Wechsler adult intelligence scales to 72 undergraduates and tested the quality of means, variances, and covariances, utilizing subtest scale scores and IQs. Results indicated that the three scales were not parallel. Generally, the subtest scaled scores exhibited less similarity across the three scales than the IQ estimates.…

The article describes and critiques seven adaptive behavior instruments: Adaptive Behavior Inventory for Children, American Assocation on Mental Deficiency Adaptive Behavior Scale, Balthazar Scales of Adaptive Behavior, Children's Adaptive Behavior Scale, Comprehensive Test of Adaptive Behavior, Scales of Independent Behavior, and Vineland…

Test-retest coefficients computed over a five-year interval for the 1973 edition of the Stanford Achievement Test-Hearing Impaired Version (SAT-HI) generally reflect adequate stability for a national sample of hearing-impaired students. Yet, ethnic background was an important variable influencing stability, specifically for Black students.…

Examines a few samples of Walter Lippmann's allegations concerning the validity of intelligence tests. (CT)