Investigating use of maximum v averaged scores in physical and motor multiple-trial tests as indicators of performance, this article concludes use of mean scores is still most appropriate in terms of scientific estimations of true performance given multiple fallible empirical measures. (JC)

Two doctoral level school psychologists independently scored 50 McCarthy drawing booklets. Children producing the drawings ranged from 5-11. Interscorer reliability for Draw-A-Design was .93 and for Draw-A-Child was .96. No significant differences occurred in the mean score for either test across scores. (Author)

The article discusses the need to control for fluency (the number of test items completed) in originality scores from the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. (Author/DLS)

Tests constructed through item-sampling (where several tests are constructed and randomly assigned to testees) were compared to a traditional constant-item procedure for evaluating student and class progress in a community college freshman psychology class. The item-sampling approach did not appear to be superior. (JKS)

Tests constructed through item-sampling (where several tests are constructed and randomly assigned to testees) were compared to a traditional constant-item procedure for evaluating class progress in a community college intermediate algebra class. The item-sampling format appeared to be slightly less valid than the traditional format. (JKS)

A new concept, instructional validity implies that a test is valid if it can be demonstrated that instruction of sufficient quality and behaviorally matched to the performance demands of the test items was offered. (Author/LS)

Examines the validity of using the Functional Assessment Inventory (FAI) in a group of vocational service clients who had suffered from strokes. Findings revealed that with only minor modifications, the FAI was useful for describing participants' vocational potential. The FAI's ability to successfully distinguish stroke subtypes showed that it had…

Considers the validity of the Employment Expectation Questionnaire (beta version; EEQ-B) from construct-, content-, and criterion-related perspectives. Results indicate that the factors of the EEQ-B accounted for 33% of the variance in predicting worker satisfactoriness and that people with cognitive disability labels were rated significantly…

Developed Career Factors Inventory, a multidimensional measure of career indecision containing two information factors (Need for Career Information and Need for Self-Knowledge) and two personal emotional factors (Career Choice Anxiety and Generalized Indecisiveness). Conducted reliability and concurrent validity analyses. (Author/ABL)

Analyzed the protocols of 52 clinic-referred children who were administered the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) as well as version of the Continuous Performance Test (CPT), a laboratory measure of attention. Results demonstrated significant interrelationships among K-ABC and CPT scores. (Author/ABL)

A model which approaches the problem of characterizing distributions of test validity correlation coefficients from the perspective of finite mixture theory is presented. This estimation method offers advantages over validity generalization procedures. Examples are provided to illustrate applications of the method. (SLD)

The study compared the performance of 18 elementary-age students with learning disabilities on the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale: Fourth Edition and the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children. Correlations (corrected for restriction of range) between the two instruments were strong. (Author/DB)

Analyzes uses and effects of coding schemes in research on counseling process and outcome. Concludes that interpretation of counseling events in terms of the categories of a coding scheme attenuates an adequate description of those events whenever the researcher uses the coder's interpretation of events as if it were veridical with the…

Administered Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS) and 11 other personality scales to over 700 college students to identify JAS personality correlates. Results revealed that, relative to subjects identified as Type B, those classified as Type A exhibited significantly greater status concern, less alexithymia, more misanthropy, and greater life…

Studied whether Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale: Fourth Edition corresponds to theory that guided its construction, using first-order confirmatory factor analysis with entire standardization sample and three age groups. Results generally support the four factors as reflecting the underlying structure of the new Binet, but were less supportive of…