The Missouri Children's Picture Series is explored as an assessment tool for boys in residential treatment. Extreme ease of administration is an attractive feature of the test. The test is better administered to disturbed boys in two sittings, to offset their distractibility and short attention span. (Author)

Several Bayesian approaches to the simultaneous estimation of the means of k binomial populations are discussed. This has particular applicability to criterion-referenced or mastery testing. (Author/JKS)

Investigates empirically, for a sample of university examinations in engineering, the influence of examination length on reliability and discrimination. (Author)

The study aimed to evaluate empirically the reliability and validity of the Occupational Aspiration Scale (OAS) for southern Brazil. Analyses of mean differences between types of items conformed to expected variations, and the OAS had satisfactory construct validity for the Brazilian sample. However other analyses indicated that it had somewhat…

Published data on the Strong Vocational Interest Blank profiles of 113 occupational groups are analyzed by three clustering procedures: hierachical grouping of standard scores and of orthonormal factor scores, and NORMIX analysis assuming equal covariance matrices for each group. (Author/JKS)

Four classroom teachers minimally trained to use the Quick Neurological Screening Test tested 13 high achievers and 11 learning disabled elementary students. (CL)

Methods for estimating the mean and variance of latent ability parameters of a normally distributed population that has been tested with Rasch model-calibrated test items are discussed. Methods for checking the normality of the population are also included. (JKS)

Measures of consistency and completeness of order relationships derived from test data such as Guttman scales are proposed. The measures are generalized to apply to incomplete data such as data from tailored testing. (Author/JKS)

Urry's procedure for approximating latent trait test models is shown to tend to underestimate item discriminatory power and overestimate item difficulty. A method for correcting these biases is provided, and implications of the procedures are discussed. (Author/JKS)

The Arizona Clinical Interview Rating Scale is examined for construct validity as a instrument to evaluate the interviewing techniques of medical students. Evidence was gathered in the areas of convergent and discriminant validity, sensitivity to change, internal consistency, and objectivity. (Author)

The Hand Test was administered to 107 maximum-security prison inmates. The Acting Out Score (AOS) was computed, and one year later, actual acting out for the same inmates was recorded. Determined that the Hand Test AOS is useful in identifying inmates who have potential for acting out. (Author)

The results from these analyses supported the hypothesis that the Personal Responsibility Rating System has construct validity as a measure of psychological health. (Author/DEP)

The use of informal reading inventories can help insure that students are provided with reading materials that match their reading ability. (MB)