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Peer reviewedWotruba, Thomas R.; Price, Karl F. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1975
Two new paper-and-pencil tests of achievement motivation were compared to two older measures, McClelland's Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) Need Achievement and the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule achievement scale. The results lend support to past findings; namely, that the various achievement measures would appear to be measuring dissimilar…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Business, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedHarper, Frank B. W. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1975
The Personality Research Form and the Achievement Anxiety Test were compared to the Thematic Apperception Test and Mandler-Sarason Test Anxiety Questionnaire. The former were equally reliable and valid measures of motive for success and motive to avoid failure. The ease of administration and scoring would recommend their use to researchers.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Comparative Analysis, Failure
Peer reviewedDonleavy, G. D.; Lim, Amanda – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1990
The study assessed the cross-cultural validity of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) as a gauge of motivation to succeed (as proposed in Atkinson's model of motivation) with 45 Hong Kong students. Although doubts about the TAT's validity were found to be unjustified, the question of whether the test captures the need to achieve remains.…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context
