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Spanish Versions of the MMPI-2 and PAI: An Investigation of Concurrent Validity with Hispanic Patients.
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Fantoni-Salvador, Patricia; Rogers, Richard – Assessment, 1997
The concurrent validity of Spanish versions of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 and the Personality Assessment Inventory (L. Morey, 1991) was studied with 105 Hispanic patients using a revised Spanish version of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (L. Robins and others, 1981) as the criterion measure. Results suggest that both…
Descriptors: Concurrent Validity, Hispanic Americans, Patients, Personality Assessment
Validity of the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test and a Four-Subtest WISC-III Short Form with Adolescent Offenders.
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Thompson, Anthony; Browne, Janet; Schmidt, Fred; Boer, Marian – Assessment, 1997
The validity of a four-subtest short form of the third edition of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-III) and the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K-BIT) was evaluated with 42 adolescent offenders. Findings support the clinical use of the short form as a good estimate of WISC-III full-scale IQ. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Criminals, Delinquency, Intelligence Quotient
Bias in the Use of Standard American Norms with Spanish Translations of the Wechsler Memory Scale--Revised.
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Demsky, Yvonne I.; Mittenberg, Wiley; Quintar, Bady; Katell, Alan D.; Golden, Charles J. – Assessment, 1998
When English-language standard norms were used for 50 Hispanic Americans given the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised (D. Wechsler, 1981) in its Spanish form, normal individuals received scores an average of one standard deviation below "Average." Results support renorming and testing the validity of translations of English language tests.…
Descriptors: Culture Fair Tests, English, Hispanic Americans, Memory
The Alternate Forms of the Positive and Negative Mood Scales: Reliability, Validity, and Equivalence in Nonreferred Samples.
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Lubin, Bernard; Van Whitlock, Rod – Assessment, 1996
The reliability and validity of the positive and negative mood scales of the trait version of the State Trait--Depression Adjective Check Lists (D. Watson and others, 1988) were supported with 269 college students, 197 adolescents, and 165 older adults. Results provide evidence of the equivalence of the positive and negative scales. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, College Students, Depression (Psychology), High Schools
The Development and Validation of a Reliable Alternative Form for Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices.
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Johnson, Nancy E.; And Others – Assessment, 1994
Development of an alternate form of Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices Test is described. Reliability analysis with 449 children of differing racial/ethnic backgrounds showed good reliability and comparable predictive validity. The alternate form is a promising research tool. (SLD)
Descriptors: Children, Ethnic Groups, Intelligence Tests, Matrices
An Evaluation of the Equivalence of the Stimulus Subsets of the California Card Sorting Test.
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Greve, Kevin W.; And Others – Assessment, 1995
Interset and set-to-total correlations for the California Card Sorting Test were studied for 135 college students and 63 elementary school students. Although subsets were not equivalent, the generally good correlations between subset and total test scores indicated that use of the individual subsets as short forms is justified. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Correlation, Elementary Education