Discusses the significance of confidence intervals around IQ scores based on a misleading interpretation of the standard error of measurement terms provided in the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) manual. Presents standard error values and a table for determining the abnormality of verbal and performance IQ discrepancies.…

This study compares differential relations between unweighted and weighted decision-making scores and selected resource variables. The findings suggest that there are few significant relationships between individual decisions and resource variables. (Author)

Changes in the full scale reliability of the WISC-R were computed at three age levels when each subtest was omitted by itself. The same procedure was followed with those subtests which independently had the smallest effect in lowering full scale reliability. Cautions were noted concerning the exclusion of subtests. (Author)

Tests and assessments are generally administered to gather data to aid in decision making, with at an individual student level or at an aggregated level. In order to incorporate assessment data in informed decision making, test users need to understand the test results. This chapter highlights the types of test scores and test score…

Sound testing practices and the high-quality information that can result are helpful to those who have oversight, responsibility, or interest in American education. To the extent that tests provide high-quality information, they form the basis for making accurate judgments about individual students. It is equally true, however, that factors which…

Reports that neither residual nor crude gain methods were more effective in measuring reading improvement gain at the elementary level. (TO)

Strategies for studying effective methods of test interpretation are discussed. Problems currently encountered in interpreting interest inventories are outlined with some suggestions for solutions. A research model that accounts for both test interpretation and client variables is presented. From this model, several testable hypotheses are drawn.…

The results of this study support the notion that different parts of Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices Test tap different processes. Sets A and Ab employ the rationale of the Inhelder-Piaget Test and rely on solution by graphic processes, whereas set B involves solution by opeational means. Total score results may be less appropriate than the…

Comments on an article in a previous issue of this journal (v9 n3 1972). (CJ)

This paper provides data that relate to both the reliability and abnormality of differences for the Developmental Test of Visual Perception (DTVP) subtest scores. (Author)

Research is contradictory concerning ability of the Wechsler Object Assembly (OA) subtest to predict bodily preoccupations. This study presents data from an objective personality test that do not support the hypothesis that bodily concerns are indicated by impaired performance on the WAIS OA subtest. (Author)

In this study, BIP records previously reported by Kenny (1971) were reused to determine the accuracy of identification of children with cerebral dysfunction and to update the results of using the revised BIP scoring system. (Author)

The Minnesota Vocational Interest Inventory provides scores that directly relate to many of the issues counselors and counselees discuss. The counselor who has such information at his disposal can give meaningful assistance to an individual facing a decision regarding his future career. (Author)