THIS WAS A TWO PART INVESTIGATION. THE FIRST PART WAS A MONTE CARLO (STATISTICAL) ANALYSIS, AND THE SECOND WAS A LOGICAL ANALYSIS OF MULTITRAIT-MULTIMETHOD VALIDITY. PART ONE SUCCESSFULLY GENERATED, FOR SMALL SAMPLE SIZES, EMPIRICAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF STANLEY'S F STATISTIC FOR TESTING TRAIT VALIDITY IN MULTITRAIT-MULTIMETHOD MATRICES. ZYZANSKI'S…

The present study was designed to examine the construct validity, reliability, item difficulties, discrimination indices, effectiveness and efficiency of the CCAT test. (Author)

Article investigated two new, parallel, multiple-choice group tests of reasoning, suitable for literate subjects from 10 years to adulthood. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this study is to test the validity of Wechsler's hypotheses about the adolescent sociopath when they are applied to the WISC. (Author)

Test format can influence test performance as well as the nature and extent of general classroom achievement. (Authors)

Explores the potential utility of the MMPI 168 with two inpatient medical populations. Correlations and clinically relevant comparisons suggest that the MMPI 168 predicted the standard MMPI with a high degree accuracy. (Editor/RK)

The absolute normal scores test is described as a test for the symmetry of a distribution of scores about a location parameter. The test is compared to the sign test and the Wilcoxon test as an alternative to the "t"-test. (Editor/RK)

Examines the utility of the Mini-Mult, a short form of the MMPI, as a screening device for women who request an abortion. (Author/RK)

Article investigated the stability of both the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS) (Edwards, 1959) and the Guilford-Zimmerman Temperment Survey (GZTS) (Guilford and Zimmerman, 1949) by presenting new data on the intercorrelations of the scales in these tests. (Author/RK)

This investigation is concerned with the quality of classroom tests which were devised by senior university students in an education class on tests and measurement in social studies. (Author)

Evaluates the effects of Zen meditation on personality and values, casts serious doubts on certain studies that report astonishingly positive results after only a few weeks of meditation, and offers some suggestions to improve research methodology with regard to a most important contemporary phenomenon. (Author/RK)

This study tested the hypothesis that if a course is designed to encourage creative thinking and the corresponding examination provided a valid test of the extent to which the course objectives have been achieved, one could reasonably expect measures of divergent thinking ability and achievement in the examination to be positively correlated.…

Research based upon behaviors defined in Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Cognitive Domain," edited by Benjamin S. Bloom. (MB)

Attempts to determine if the measurement of young children's learning is enhanced when the modality used in the testing is congruent with that employed in the instructional phase. More specifically, does a test consisting of words for objects provide a valid index of pupil growth when a different medium is used in the teaching of a specified…

Test is designed to provide an estimate of the elementary teacher's ability to write behavioral objectives. (Author)