Two popular models for performing multidimensional scaling, Tucker and Messick's points-of-view model, and Tucker's three mode model, are combined into a single analytic procedure, the 3M-POV model. The procedure is described and its strengths are discussed. Carroll and Chang's INDSCAL model is also mentioned. (JKS)

A battery composed of the following test items would comprise a quick and objective measure of basketball skill: (a) jump and reach; (b) dribble; (c) speed pass; and (d) front shot. (Author/MJB)

The functions and characteristics of a CIBS are described and related to the processes and requirements of the cycle of multiple choice test development. (Author)

Data from two separate experiments conducted to ascertain the optimum protocol for a maximum anaerobic work output test on the bicycle ergometer indicated that the test duration needs to be approximately forty seconds and the optimal frictional resistance five to six kilograms. (MB)

This article lists a series of ten defects that account for most of the inaccuracies in achievement tests. (Author/AM)

A method of estimating item characteristic functions is proposed, in which a set of test items, whose operating characteristics are known and which give a constant test information function for a wide range of ability, are used. The method is based on maximum likelihood estimation procedures. (Author/JKS)

Described in the follow up report of the Preschool Behavioral Classification Project (PBCP) is the development of the PBCP instrument, a measure designed to evaluate dimensions of behavior exhibited by children with emotional difficulties. (SBH)

Explores the testing technique of practical extemporaneous speech finals for students enrolled in the fundamentals course and emphasizes the objectives, procedures and evaluation criteria for such an approach. (MH)

Takahiro Sato, a Japanese engineer, has developed a method to study the composition of an objective test by finding out how individual students are responding to the test's items and by summarizing this information in a single index. The Student-Problem Chart is discussed. (MLW)

Training in tests and measures and attitudes toward testing were related to teacher's use of tests. Results support the contention that teacher's use tests extensively, but that they do not produce high quality tests. Results are discussed in terms of curriculum changes. (RB)

Opportunity to Learn (OTL) is a composite variable investigated in an international study of achievement in mathematics. OTL was measured by the teachers' perception of their students' opportunity to learn the specific math concepts on the test used in the study. (RB)

Drew from the occupational prestige literature in describing the development of prestige estimates for occupations contained in the Minnesota Occupational Classification System III (MOCS III). Results provided estimates for 60 occupations and a comparison of prestige scores for eight benchmark occupations. Devised equation for estimating…

A test on child development and parenting knowledge (with accompanying cassette) was developed and field tested with mildly mentally handicapped secondary students. (CL)

Describes the Waring Intimacy Questionnaire (WIQ) a 90-item, true-false questionnaire developed to measure the quantity and quality of marital intimacy. Eight facets of intimacy are measured: affection, cohesion, conflict resolution, compatability, expressiveness, sexuality, autonomy, and identity. Reliability and validity data are presented. (JAC)

Six guidelines for designing an instrument to measure creativity are presented with a focus on the psychometric and definitional concerns. The Detroit Public School Creative Product Scales is described as a possible approach for measuring creativity. (Author)