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Endicoot, Noble A.; and others – J Abnorm Psychol, 1969
Study supported in part by Grant MH-05518 from the National Institute of Mental Health, U.S. Public Health Service.
Descriptors: Objective Tests, Personality Assessment, Psychological Testing, Psychometrics
Saltzman, Charles; And Others – 1976
The Dynamic Personality Inventory (DPI) is described and its uniqueness as an objectively scored, psychoanalytically based assessment instrument is stressed. The available British and American literature reporting applications or statistical analyses of the DPI is reviewed. It is suggested that one source of resistance to even wider acceptance of…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, College Students, Evaluation, Higher Education
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Goh, David S.; Fuller, Gerald B. – School Psychology Review, 1983
Current practices of personality and behavior assessment were analyzed. Projective techniques, especially figure drawings and sentence completion devices, were found to be the most often used instruments for personality assessment by school psychologists. Objective personality tests and published behavior rating scales were far less frequently…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Techniques, Objective Tests
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Lewis, D. G.; Ko, Peng-Sim – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1973
Extraversion-introversion was found to interact with sex and item type, thus necessitating separate conclusions for boys and girls, these in turn being qualified by item type. (Authors)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Individual Characteristics, Item Analysis, Objective Tests
Veldman, Donald J. – 1967
This report forms the background for some current efforts to develop computer-based scoring systems for One-Word Sentence Completion data. A general discussion of response grouping problems and a three-way frequency table for data reduction are included. In addition, six "structural" response variables are defined. The report concludes with an…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Cluster Grouping, College Freshmen, Computer Oriented Programs
Insua, Ana Maria; Rimoldi, Horacio J. A. – 1976
College students were presented with a series of four problems, each presented in four different formats: verbally, in abstract symbols, in negative abstract symbols, and in geometric figures. Problem-solving performance was evaluated in terms of the sequence of questions that a subject asks in order to solve a problem. They were also tested by…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Body Image, College Students, Emotional Adjustment
Adkins, Dorothy C. – 1971
Research on the differences in motivation to achieve in school among 10 groups of four-year-olds utilized a new, 75-item objective projective test called Gumpgookies. This test was individually administered to approximately 2000 children mainly from low economic backgrounds. The various ethnic and religious groups were compared with respect to…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Analysis of Variance, Correlation, Cross Cultural Studies