The Runner Studies of Attitude Patterns, a personality inventory, was used as the criterion to determine construct validity of Sounds and Images and Onomatopoeia and Images, two tests of verbal originality. (KW)

Provides a set of tables, similar to the Taylor-Russell tables, to evaluate the usefulness of selection tests in which assumptions require point-biserial validity coefficients. (MB)

Results of three factor analyses on the Frostig DTVP subtests indicated that the test measures one general visual perception factor, rather than the five postulated by Frostig. (Author/KW)

Results of two surveys among teachers as to the aims in education and the value of exams versus the value of continuous assessment are presented. (DB)

The present findings provide some further support for two of Fiske's hypotheses: the adequacy of a test is a direct function of the structuring of the items and their substantive homogeneity." (Author)

Summarizes a study of the ability of occupational therapists to use the results of the Functional Capacities Evaluation to predict accurately whether or not a client will return to work. Because of the limited sample size and high percentage of nonrespondents, conclusions about the validity of this instrument could not be made. (NJ)

The Vineland Social Maturity Scale, the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT), the Adaptive Behavior Scale (ABS), and the Behavior Development Survey (BDS), an abbreviated five-domain version of the ABS, were administered to a stratified random sample of 111 institutionalized mentally retarded individuals. Results support validity of the BDS.…

Findings of the internal consistency of the Adaptive Behavior Scale (ABS) as measured with 428 mentally retarded institutionalized persons supported the construct validity of total scores on measures of adaptive behavior. Results have implications for use of the total score on the ABS. (CL)

A classroom climate measure to be used at the early elementary school level was validated on a sample of primary classes. Validating procedures indicated that the instrument is a potentially quite useful device for assessing pupils' perceptions of the classroom social environment. (Author/GK)

Variant California Pyschological Inventory and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scale scores may not necessarily reflect psychopathology, but rather may be indicative of the unique adaptive processes of persons who experienced early visual impairment. (Author)