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DeMartini, Kelly S.; Carey, Kate B. – Psychological Assessment, 2012
The screening and brief intervention modality of treatment for at-risk college drinking is becoming increasingly popular. A key to effective implementation is use of validated screening tools. Although the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) has been validated in adult samples and is often used with college students, research has not…
Descriptors: Identification, Alcohol Abuse, College Students, Gender Differences
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Steinmetz, Jean-Paul; Brunner, Martin; Loarer, Even; Houssemand, Claude – Psychological Assessment, 2010
The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) assesses executive and frontal lobe function and can be administered manually or by computer. Despite the widespread application of the 2 versions, the psychometric equivalence of their scores has rarely been evaluated and only a limited set of criteria has been considered. The present experimental study (N =…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Psychometrics, Test Theory, Scores
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Mullins-Sweatt, Stephanie N.; Widiger, Thomas A. – Psychological Assessment, 2009
The construction of the American Psychiatric Association's diagnostic manual has been guided primarily by concerns of construct validity rather than of clinical utility, despite claims by its authors that the highest priority has in fact been clinical utility. The purpose of this article was to further articulate the concept and importance of…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Clinical Diagnosis, Therapy, Mental Disorders
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Forbey, Johnathan D.; Ben-Porath, Yossef S. – Psychological Assessment, 2007
Computerized adaptive testing in personality assessment can improve efficiency by significantly reducing the number of items administered to answer an assessment question. Two approaches have been explored for adaptive testing in computerized personality assessment: item response theory and the countdown method. In this article, the authors…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Validity, Personality Assessment
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Garb, Howard N. – Psychological Assessment, 2007
To evaluate the value of computer-administered interviews and rating scales, the following topics are reviewed in the present article: (a) strengths and weaknesses of structured and unstructured assessment instruments, (b) advantages and disadvantages of computer administration, and (c) the validity and utility of computer-administered interviews…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Rating Scales, Interviews, Evaluation Methods
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Lange, Rael T.; Chelune, Gordon J.; Taylor, Michael J.; Woodward, Todd S.; Heaton, Robert K. – Psychological Assessment, 2006
Following the publication of the third edition Wechsler scales (i.e., WAIS-III and WMS-III), demographically corrected norms were made available in the form of a computerized scoring program (i.e., WAIS-III/WMS-III/WIAT-II Scoring Assistant). These norms correct for age, gender, ethnicity, and education. Since then, four new indexes have been…
Descriptors: Norms, Scoring, Memory, Demography