The Scales for Investigation of the Dual-Career Family were revised and administered to a sample of 70 women. Internal consistency, scale intercorrelations, and correlations with sex role identity are reported. (Author)

Examines the accuracy of eighth-grade students' (N=306) self-scoring efforts on the Kuder Test. Results show that many participants were inaccurate. Recommendations are made to reduce the problem of scoring errors. (BH)

Administered three Wechsler adult intelligence scales to 72 undergraduates and tested the quality of means, variances, and covariances, utilizing subtest scale scores and IQs. Results indicated that the three scales were not parallel. Generally, the subtest scaled scores exhibited less similarity across the three scales than the IQ estimates.…

The article describes and critiques seven adaptive behavior instruments: Adaptive Behavior Inventory for Children, American Assocation on Mental Deficiency Adaptive Behavior Scale, Balthazar Scales of Adaptive Behavior, Children's Adaptive Behavior Scale, Comprehensive Test of Adaptive Behavior, Scales of Independent Behavior, and Vineland…

Describes a new observational study of home television viewing by young children which involved placement of time-lapse video cameras in the homes of five-year-olds from middle-class families for a 10-day period. Families maintained TV viewing diaries, and control groups of families were employed to assess the impact of observational equipment in…

Test-retest coefficients computed over a five-year interval for the 1973 edition of the Stanford Achievement Test-Hearing Impaired Version (SAT-HI) generally reflect adequate stability for a national sample of hearing-impaired students. Yet, ethnic background was an important variable influencing stability, specifically for Black students.…

Examines a few samples of Walter Lippmann's allegations concerning the validity of intelligence tests. (CT)

Personal construct psychologists have suggested various psychological functions explain differences in the stability of constructs. Among these functions are constellatory and loose construction. This paper argues that measurement error is a more parsimonious explanation of the differences in construct stability reported in these studies. (Author)

Identifies three sources of reporting deficiency for meta-analytic results: quality (adequacy) of publicizing; quality of macrolevel reporting, and quality of microlevel reporting. Reanalysis of 25 reports from the Smith, Glass and Miller (1980) psychotherapy meta-analysis established two sources of misinformation, interrater reliabilities and…

The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children is reviewed with respect to manuals, test construction, and norming procedures; reliability; and validity; evidence administration and scoring procedures; types of scores and interpretative guidelines; and the bias issue. (Author/CL)

A model of examinee behavior was used to generate hypotheses about the operation of true-false scores. Confirmation of hypotheses supported the contention that true-false scores contain an error component that makes these tests less reliable than multiple-choice tests. Examinee response style may invalidate a total true-false score. (Author/DWH)

Various person reliability coefficients, including within- and between-occasion consistency measures, were investigated using the test and retest responses of 123 undergraduates on the Basic Personality Inventory (BPI). Results indicate person reliability may be a multidimensional concept, and that certain item consistency measures are confounded…

Ratings for 550 mentally retarded adolescents on the American Association of Mental Deficiency Adaptive Behavior Scale (ABS) established the reliability and criterion validity of the ABS and demonstrated sensitivity to variation in behavior between subgroups of mentally retarded students representing differences in seven personal variables…

Describes an alternative, relaxed, discipline system with four simple rules: (1) use mild consequences initially, (2) enforce rules without anger, (3) track each student infraction, and (4) reward frequently but unpredictably. (MD)

Mentally retarded adult trainees (N=370) at work preparation centers were rated by their supervisors on the Adaptive Behavior Scale (ABS). Results confirmed the reliability and criterion validity of the ABS, demonstrating its sensitivity to differences in adaptive and maladaptive behavior between subgroups representing variation in seven personal…