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Peer reviewedRussell, Elbert W.; Levy, Marie – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1987
Implemented a method of abbreviating the Category Test of the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery. The revision shortened the scales and reorganized Subtests 5 and 6 into two new scales using separate principles. Demonstrated it to be as accurate as the full test in predicting the presence or absence of brain damage in subjects.…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Predictive Measurement, Psychological Testing, Psychometrics
Peer reviewedJones, W. P. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1991
A model is proposed for the clinical synthesis of data from psychological tests of persons with visual impairments. The model integrates the concepts of the ideal type and Bayesian probability and compares actual test scores with ideal scores through use of a pattern similarity coefficient. A pilot study with Business Enterprise Program operators…
Descriptors: Business Education, Clinical Psychology, Models, Predictive Measurement
Download full textJohnson, Jeffrey G.; Bornstein, Robert F. – 1989
The validity of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-Revised (PDQ-R) was examined. The PDQ-R and the Crowne-Marlowe Social Desirability Scale (SD) were administered in the spring of 1989 to 45 undergraduates (26 females and 19 males) at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. One month later, the Hopkins Symptom Check List (SCL-90) was…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Correlation, Diagnostic Tests, Higher Education
Tsutakawa, Robert K. – 1984
This report describes new statistical procedures for item response analysis using estimation of item response curves used in mental testing with ability parameters treated as a random sample. Modern computer technology and the EM algorithm make this solution possible. The research focused on the theoretical formulation and solution of maximum…
Descriptors: Ability, Bayesian Statistics, Estimation (Mathematics), Item Sampling
Borman, Walter C.; Rosse, Rodney L. – 1980
As an alternative for or adjunct to paper-and-pencil tests for predicting personnel performance, the United States Air Force studied the use of peer ratings as an evaluative tool. Purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric characteristics of peer ratings among Air Force basic trainees. Peer ratings were obtained from more than 27,000…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Peer Evaluation, Personnel Evaluation, Personnel Selection
Bersoff, Donald N. – 1972
Psychological testing has recently fallen into disrepute because psychoanalysts have perpetuated a fraudulent theory of personality and because psychometrists have become overly concerned with psychometric esthetics to the neglect of validity. The theory subscribed to by psychoanalysts holds behavior as relatively independent of the situation the…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures, Predictive Measurement
Segel, David – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1938
Many schools are making changes in their cumulative record systems or are instituting new systems. The reason for this increased interest in cumulative records is their recognized value as a tool in the program of pupil guidance and adjustment. The greatest aid to the pupil can be given only when his rate and trend of development in various…
Descriptors: Educational History, Student Records, Educational Policy, Administrative Policy
