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Watson, Riley L.; And Others – Psychol Rep, 1970
Descriptors: Achievement, Adolescents, Aggression, Comparative Testing
Schoonover, Sarah M.; Hertel, Richard K. – Psychol Rep, 1970
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Comparative Testing, Intelligence, Measurement Techniques
Hashway, Robert M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1981
Testing of 4,899 freshmen in the Massachusetts State College System using the system's domain-referenced Mathematics Placement Test suggests that male/female differences in mathematical ability have been exaggerated. (WD)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Comparative Testing, Higher Education, Mathematics
Norman, Ralph D.; Fenson, Judith N. – J Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Students, Comparative Testing, Psychological Testing
Peer reviewedSchoel, Doris R.; Busse, Thomas V. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Ability Identification, College Freshmen, Comparative Testing, Creativity
Hogan, H. Wayne – Percept Mot Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Comparative Testing, Deafness
Peer reviewedMcCarthy, Dorothea; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1970
The WAIS M index did not correlate significantly with any of the other measures for either sex and thus should not be interpreted as a personality indicator of sexual inversion or homosexuality. It represents solely sex differences in certain aspects of intellectual performance. (Author)
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Intellectual Development, Performance Factors, Personality Studies
Peer reviewedMiller, Michael L.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1982
Contrasted 30 delinquent adolescents who had attempted suicide with 120 delinquent controls. Suicidal ideation, depression, gender, a tendency to act out, conflict with parents, childhood hyperactivity, and the interactions of gender with depression and with acting out accounted for 49 percent of the variance in suicide attempts. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Testing, Delinquency, Depression (Psychology)
Peer reviewedSappington, John T. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1980
This study measured test-retest reliabilities and interrelationships of four common measures of lateral dominance: dowel balancing, peg placement, grip strength, and conjugate lateral eye movement. Moderate reliabilities for all measures except grip strength were obtained. Subjects' sex may be an important reliability variable. Correlations among…
Descriptors: Adults, Cerebral Dominance, College Students, Comparative Testing
Gorman, Bernard S. – Psychol Rep, 1970
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing
Greenwald, Herbert J.; Clausen, John D. – Psychol Rep, 1970
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Students, Comparative Testing, Conformity
Adams, Ruth R.; Brody, Lawrence – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Disadvantaged Youth, Evaluation, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedDolliver, Robert H. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1981
Reviews four studies of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII) twin occupational scales and correlations developed showing the degree of similarity in results of those four studies. Findings indicate counselors need to know average female and male test-taker scores on other-sex occupational scales to make accurate SCII test interpretations.…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Interest Inventories, Literature Reviews, Sex Differences
Peer reviewedOrsini, Arturo; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
Spatial span (Corsi's block tapping) and verbal span (Wechsler Digits Forward) were measured in 1113 children (ages 4-10) from urban and rural districts of Italy. The urban group performed significantly better on both tests. Sex differences, favoring boys, were found only on the spatial span test. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Memory
Download full textGreen, Kathy E. – 1989
The psychometric utility of six experimental cognitive style (CS) measures was analyzed. Examinees were 1,135 clients of the Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation who, during 1985, completed at least one of the six CS tests. Information is provided on measure reliability; relationships among CS measures; relationships with standard battery aptitude…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style
