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Direct linkWessels, Marleen D.; Paap, Muirne C. S.; Van der Putten, Annette A. J. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2021
Background: Research about the psychometric properties of the Behavioural Appraisal Scales (BAS) in people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) is limited. This study evaluates invariance in factor structure, item bias and convergent validity of the BAS. Methods: Data on the BAS from two studies (n = 25; n = 52) were…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Ability Identification, Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities
Download full textHarman, Harry H. – 1975
The primary objectives of this project commonly refereed to as "Assessing Human Abilities" were: (1) to provide reference measures for cognitive factors; and (2) to provide a guide to reference measures for self-report temperament factors. The overall objective was to conduct research in the area of factor analysis directed toward the…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes
Ability Test Performance and Test Validity Difference among Sex and Ethnic Groups. Technical Report.
Sung, Yong H.; And Others – 1982
This study assessed level and structure differences across sex and ethnic groups on a newly developed multiple aptitude battery, called the Ball Aptitude Battery (BAB), and established and examined the concurrent and differential validities of the battery relative to different groups. The 17 Ball ability variables are: clerical test; idea fluency;…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Factor Analysis
Peer reviewedClarizio, Harvey F. – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
Examines whether individual intelligence tests such as the WISC-R are biased against Hispanic school-aged children. Discusses three common but faulty notions of test bias, and advances a psychometric definition of bias. Analyzes evidence regarding external and internal validity. Presents guidelines for intellectual assessment of bilingual…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Bilingual Students, Children, Elementary Secondary Education
McBride, James R. – 1986
An overview of the development of a computerized version of the Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT) is presented. It describes the previously existing printed version of the DAT, design of the computerized adaptive edition, calibration of the test items for use in the computerized version, and two field studies that compared the Adaptive and…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Adaptive Testing, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing
Norden, K. – 1970
The development of psychological methods for assessing the abilities of deaf students could aid in the formation of educational programs and the provision of vocational guidance. A battery of tests designed to measure a wide range of functions was administered to all eighth grade students, average age 15, in schools for the deaf in Sweden. All…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Adolescents, Career Guidance
