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Direct linkEvers, Arne; McCormick, Carina M.; Hawley, Leslie R.; Muñiz, José; Balboni, Giulia; Bartram, Dave; Boben, Dusica; Egeland, Jens; El-Hassan, Karma; Fernández-Hermida, José R.; Fine, Saul; Frans, Örjan; Gintiliené, Grazina; Hagemeister, Carmen; Halama, Peter; Iliescu, Dragos; Jaworowska, Aleksandra; Jiménez, Paul; Manthouli, Marina; Matesic, Krunoslav; Michaelsen, Lars; Mogaji, Andrew; Morley-Kirk, James; Rózsa, Sándor; Rowlands, Lorraine; Schittekatte, Mark; Sümer, H. Canan; Suwartono, Tono; Urbánek, Tomáš; Wechsler, Solange; Zelenevska, Tamara; Zanev, Svetoslav; Zhang, Jianxin – International Journal of Testing, 2017
On behalf of the International Test Commission and the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations a world-wide survey on the opinions of professional psychologists on testing practices was carried out. The main objective of this study was to collect data for a better understanding of the state of psychological testing worldwide. These data…
Descriptors: Testing, Attitudes, Surveys, Psychologists
MacFarlane, Ian M.; Henry, Courtney L.; Nash, Trisha; Kissel, Susan; Bush, David – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2015
This article reports on a study evaluating the clinical utility of three clinical assessment measures commonly used in university counseling centers: the Outcome Questionnaire-45 (OQ-45), the Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms, and the College Adjustment Scales. Results found subscales assessing depression and anxiety were…
Descriptors: Psychological Testing, Diagnostic Tests, Screening Tests, Student Evaluation
Kruyen, Peter M.; Emons, Wilco H. M.; Sijtsma, Klaas – International Journal of Testing, 2013
To efficiently assess multiple psychological constructs and to minimize the burden on respondents, psychologists increasingly use shortened versions of existing tests. However, compared to the longer test, a shorter test version may have a substantial impact on the reliability and the validity of the test scores in psychological research and…
Descriptors: Test Length, Psychological Testing, Test Use, Test Validity
Fine, Saul – International Journal of Testing, 2013
While psychological tests are used extensively in Israel, the current controls over testing practices in Israel deserve some attention. Specifically, unlike in some European countries and the United States, (a) no specific certifications are offered to Israeli psychologists in the area of testing; (b) Israeli psychologists are not obligated to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Testing, Psychologists, Attitudes
Peer reviewedHoladay, Margot – Assessment, 1996
A survey of 26 Rorschach experts and 19 students of Rorschach use was conducted to help students using the Exner Comprehensive System determine whether to code movement for nouns with definitions that include movement. Experts and students did not reach agreement, but a literature review suggests such nouns should often be coded as movement. (SLD)
Descriptors: Coding, Definitions, Motion, Nouns
Peer reviewedCampbell, Keith A.; Rohlman, Diane S.; Storzbach, Daniel; Binder, Laurence M.; Anger, W. Kent; Kovera, Craig A.; Davis, Kelly L.; Grossman, Sandra J. – Assessment, 1999
Administered 12 psychological and 7 neurobehavioral performance tests twice to nonclinical normative samples of 30 adults (computer format only) and 30 adults (computer and conventional administration) with one week between administrations. Results suggest that individual test-retest reliability is not affected when tests are administered as part…
Descriptors: Adults, Computer Assisted Testing, Neuropsychology, Psychological Testing
Peer reviewedHoy, Mary P.; Retish, Paul M. – Exceptional Children, 1984
Data contained in the Learning Potential Assessment Device report were compared with information in a standard psychological report for value in educational programming with 146 graduate special education students. Ss rated both reports negatively. Neither report was perceived to be valuable for program planning purposes. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Program Development, Psychological Testing
Peer reviewedMuniz, Jose; Bartram, Dave; Evers, Arne; Boben, Dusica; Matesic, Kruno; Glabeke, Kathia; Fernandez-Hermida, Jose R.; Zaal, Jac N. – European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 2001
Studied the opinions of professional psychologists in Europe about tests and testing with samples of 3,455 Spanish, 2,407 English, 2,079 Dutch, 321 Slovenian, 219 Croatian, and 210 Belgian psychologists. Results show a generally positive attitude about tests and testing, coupled with an awareness that institutions need to adopt a more active role…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Foreign Countries, Psychological Testing, Psychologists
Download full textBen-Yashar, Ruth; Nitzan, Shmuel; Vos, Hans J. – 2001
This paper compares the determination of optimal cutoff points for single and multiple tests in the field of personnel selection. Decisional skills of predictor tests composing the multiple test are assumed to be endogenous variables that depend on the cutting points to be set. The main result specifies the condition that determines the…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Decision Making, Educational Testing, Personnel Selection
Jones, W. Paul – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1983
Cattell's "Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire" was adapted for use in a rehabilitation setting with a visually limited population of 56 individuals. Testing of the adapted instrument indicated that modifications could be made without apparent detrimental effect on the applicability of available norms. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Personality Traits, Psychological Testing, Rehabilitation
Peer reviewedAllen, Daniel N.; Aldarondo, Felito; Goldstein, Gerald; Huegel, Stephen G.; Gilbertson, Mark; van Kammen, Daniel P. – Assessment, 1998
The construct validity of neuropsychological tests in patients with schizophrenia was studied with 39 patients who were evaluated with a battery of six tests assessing attention, memory, and abstract reasoning abilities. Results support the construct validity of the neuropsychological tests in patients with schizophrenia. (SLD)
Descriptors: Attention, Construct Validity, Memory, Neuropsychology
DeVito, Anthony J.; And Others – 1983
To assist the clinician or researcher in scale selection, four symposium papers discussed instruments available to measure test anxiety (TA), with special attention given to the newly-developed Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI). Following an integrative summary delivered by the chairperson (DeVito), the first paper (Conetta and Tryon) reviewed the two…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Higher Education, Psychological Testing, Test Anxiety
Piotrowski, Chris; Keller, Jack – 1989
In a national survey of psychological testing, researchers have suggested that future surveys of test use should report separately for individual settings. The purpose of this investigation was to gauge the status of psychological test usage in a specific type of agency. Outpatient mental health facilities and community clinics in the United…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Mental Health Clinics, Mental Health Programs, Psychological Testing
West, John D.; And Others – 1987
The Community Counseling Appraisal Survey was completed by 743 members of the American Association for Counseling and Development who identified their primary professional activity as counselor and who indicated their employment setting to be other than school or higher education. The purpose of the study was to: (1) provide a description of…
Descriptors: Community, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Role
Peer reviewedPaolo, Anthony M.; Axelrod, Bradley N.; Troster, Alexander I. – Assessment, 1996
Eighty-seven normal older people were administered the Wisconsin Sorting Test on two occasions averaging over a year apart. There were average retest gains of 5 to 7 standard score points. The standard error of prediction, standard error of difference, and abnormal test-retest discrepancy scores were calculated for clinical use. (SLD)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests, Error of Measurement, Older Adults
