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Download full textLichtenberg, James W.; Hummel, Thomas J. – 1998
The application of psychological testing is largely an attempt to derive probabilistic statements regarding the likelihood of occurrence of client states, choice outcomes, situational antecedents, and behavioral outcomes. Counseling psychologists share with others the occupational requirement of having to deal with uncertainty in test results and…
Descriptors: Counseling Psychology, Counselor Training, Interpersonal Communication, Predictive Measurement
Sussman, Steve; And Others – 1985
Recent research suggests that alcoholic inpatients' performance on neuropsychological tests is predictive of their drinking status following discharge from alcohol rehabilitation programs, although no single test itself has been predictive of relapse. This study seeks to develop a ecologically relevant memory test that would predict relapse and…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Drinking, Ecology, Males
Pitariu, Horia – 1982
In Romania, the implementation of computers in social-economic life is being carried out with a view to creating a national data processing system. Parallel to the construction of electronic data processing equipment, there is a sustained concern for the selection and training of computer specialists. This study examined a psychological testing…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Data Processing Occupations, Foreign Countries, Job Analysis
Inwald, Robin E.; And Others – 1980
Correctional officers, often subject to sustained job stress and ambiguity, must possess adequate coping skills to deal with a hostile clientele. Psychological screening, therefore, assumes an important role in correctional officer recruitment. Prior to a recruitment drive, 650 employed correctional officers completed an MMPI and a biographical…
Descriptors: Attendance, Discipline, Employment Qualifications, Individual Characteristics
Green, Kathy E.; Kluever, Raymond C. – 1991
Item components that might contribute to the difficulty of items on the Raven Colored Progressive Matrices (CPM) and the Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM) were studied. Subjects providing responses to CPM items were 269 children aged 2 years 9 months to 11 years 8 months, most of whom were referred for testing as potentially gifted. A second…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Children, Comparative Testing, Difficulty Level
Sexton, Larry C.; Lee, Mickey M. – 1989
The tetrad of subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) that best predicts the WISC-R Full-Scale intelligence quotient (IQ) was determined for 1,589 Appalachian students referred for evaluation in grades 1-4, 5-8, and 9-10. The sample was divided into three groups. Students in grades 1 through 4 (n=655) were those…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Quotient
