Using clinicians employed in Minnesota and Kansas, an attempt was made to describe and quantify clinical judgment pertaining to perceived degree of pathology associated with low scores. The results showed Minnesota judges generally regarding low scores as representing less pathology than Kansas judges. Several factors limit generalizing however.…

Clinical findings indicated that relatively low Academic Achievement scale scores generally predicted changes of occupational planning toward business and other applied directions, whereas higher Academic Achievement scale scores were associated with changes toward more academic and scientific orientations. These regularities were modified for…

Although stanine scores are used by many schools for posting students' test results in permanent records, not all teachers are confident in their interpretation of what stanine scores signify. This quiz and accompanying correct answers and explanations are offered to help make these scores more useful to practitioners. (LC)

Developed a system of tables to facilitate interpretation of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities. Presents tables that organize the McCarthy subtests according to three systems of interpretation, and organize McCarthy Scales into categories that reflect factors likely to influence various subtests. (Author/RC)

This discussion centers on appropriate test designs, administration strategies, and score interpretations with young children. Part of a theme issue on student assessment. (SJL)

Two lower bounds to reliability in classical test theory, Guttman's lamda and Cronbach's alpha, are shown to be terms of an infinite series of lower bounds. All terms of this series are equal to reliability if and only if the test contains items which are tau-equivalent. (Author/JKS)

Examines the role of psychological testing within the business environment. Outlines four guidelines for people who use tests to make decisions about other people: (1) use a broad-brush approach; (2) look for the whole person; (3) do not rely on testing alone; and (4) let people see their results. (CT)

Techniques for classifying individuals into mastery or non-mastery status based on criterion-referenced test performance are investigated. Extensions of mastery classification techniques developed by Macready and Dayton are presented. The techniques are based on latent class and quasi-independence models. (Author/JKS)

The tendency to extreme scores (TES) can affect sensitive indices, such as Cattell's coefficient of pattern similarity, so that a flat profile will, in general, be found more similar to a standard than will an extreme profile. TES is especially critical when profile matching is used in clinical diagnosis. (Author/BW)

Two studies provide methodogical refinement in the measurement of loneliness, using a revised version of the self-report UCLA Loneliness Scale. Investigates response bias, concurrent validity, and correlated measures. (Author/SS)

Using parameter estimates the computer program calculates the negative hypergeometric distribution and computes the classification proportions: suitable-accepted, suitable-not accepted, not suitable-accepted, and not suitable-not accepted. (RC)

Three counterexamples demonstrate that the Dutch Identity conjecture of P. Holland about examinee ability (1990) does not hold in general. The counterexamples suggest that only under strong assumptions can it be true that the limits of log-manifest probabilities are quadratic. Three propositions giving such strong conditions are given. (Author/SLD)

A computer simulation study was conducted to determine the feasibility of using logistic regression procedures to detect differential item functioning (DIF) in polytomous items. Results indicate that logistic regression is powerful in detecting most forms of DIF, although it requires large amounts of data manipulation and careful interpretation.…