Agreement among independent ratings assigned by members of observation teams administering an interview schedule was studied. The appropriateness of selection requirements and the adequacy of observer training are reviewed. Implications are drawn from the objectivity of the ratings for the estimated reliability and validity of the interview…

The Personal Orientation Dimensions scale, a refinement of the Personal Orientation Inventory, is investigated. Results support the concurrent validity of the Personal Orientation Dimensions scale, and the construct validity of both scales. (JKS)

The Personal Attribute Inventory for Children (Parish) and the Piers-Harris Childrens Self Concept Scale were administered to samples of third and sixth grade children. Test-retest reliability and correlations between scales support the usefulness of both scales. (JKS)

Data derived from an administration of the Death Anxiety Scale to Australian samples are analyzed with a view to providing comparative cross-cultural observations, as well as some indication of reliability and validity in the Australian context. (Author)

Scaled scores on Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale subtests were compared among five samples of institutionalized mentally retarded (aged 16 - 71 years) from the east coast (509 Ss), west coast (436 Ss), and three from the midwest (113, 51, and 111 Ss). (Author/PHR)

The Missouri Children's Picture Series is explored as an assessment tool for boys in residential treatment. Extreme ease of administration is an attractive feature of the test. The test is better administered to disturbed boys in two sittings, to offset their distractibility and short attention span. (Author)

Several Bayesian approaches to the simultaneous estimation of the means of k binomial populations are discussed. This has particular applicability to criterion-referenced or mastery testing. (Author/JKS)

Investigates empirically, for a sample of university examinations in engineering, the influence of examination length on reliability and discrimination. (Author)

The study aimed to evaluate empirically the reliability and validity of the Occupational Aspiration Scale (OAS) for southern Brazil. Analyses of mean differences between types of items conformed to expected variations, and the OAS had satisfactory construct validity for the Brazilian sample. However other analyses indicated that it had somewhat…

Published data on the Strong Vocational Interest Blank profiles of 113 occupational groups are analyzed by three clustering procedures: hierachical grouping of standard scores and of orthonormal factor scores, and NORMIX analysis assuming equal covariance matrices for each group. (Author/JKS)

Four classroom teachers minimally trained to use the Quick Neurological Screening Test tested 13 high achievers and 11 learning disabled elementary students. (CL)

Methods for estimating the mean and variance of latent ability parameters of a normally distributed population that has been tested with Rasch model-calibrated test items are discussed. Methods for checking the normality of the population are also included. (JKS)

Measures of consistency and completeness of order relationships derived from test data such as Guttman scales are proposed. The measures are generalized to apply to incomplete data such as data from tailored testing. (Author/JKS)