Concurrent validity of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities for 60 kindergartners was investigated, using the WPPSI and Columbia Mental Maturity Scale. Although correlations were of acceptable magnitude, the General Cognitive Index of the MSCA was significantly lower than major scores obtained on the other two tests. (Author)

Scores on the Children's Personality Questionnaire (CPQ) were correlated with scores from rating scale items measuring the same behavior as a CPQ scale for a normal sample of school children in grades 3 to 6 and on two referred groups, underachievers and children with behavior or social problems. (Author)

Seventy-six insurance company jobs were analyzed by 203 raters in an effort to assess the potential usefulness of the Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ) as a job analysis device to be employed in a more extensive, company-wide research program. (Editor/RK)

Research is presented on the construction of job families based on Position Analysis Questionnaire data. The data were subjected to a component analysis. Results were interpreted as sufficiently encouraging to proceed with analyses of validity generalization within the job families. (Editor/RK)

The Rorschach, Hand, and Bender-Gestalt tests discriminated slightly between low IQ subjects classified as brain damaged or not. Substantial discrimination was observed between the same subjects classified by intelligence level. Brain impairment may underlie most or all retardation. The efficacy of projective techniques for diagnosing organicity…

The Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory profiles for female and male pharmacy students were compared. Female and male students obtained similar interest patterns when separate norms for men and women were used. (Author)

Attempts to determine whether the measurement instruments evaluated here, the Slosson Intelligence Test, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test, Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration, and the Metropolitin Readiness Test, would predict future learning difficulties in screening kindergarten children. The concern is…

To evaluate the construct validity of J. Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFF), both the latency and error scores of 30 9- to 15-year-old normal and "acting-out" behavior-disordered children were compared. (Author/SBH)

Questionnaires used to measure subject-matter-directed motivation have tended to use information-seeking behavior as the prime indicator. A new measuring instrument, consisting of a list of 15 sets of three adjectives, asks subjects to select one from each set which best applies to the subject matter in question. (BW)

Current methods of testing reading ability do not give a full indication of children's reading ability and comprehension and may diminish pleasure in reading. (JD)

The Metropolitan Readiness Tests were correlated with teacher ratings of reading readiness for a sample of kindergarten pupils. Correlations support the concurrent validity of the instrument. (JKS)

The concurrent validity and reliability of abbreviated versions of the WISC-R were estimated for a group of one hundred children between six and sixteen years of age. These abridged scales offered satisfactory estimates of reliability and validity. (Author/JKS)

240 employed adults in 35 organizations completed a 70 item questionnaire based on current value/expectancy theories of motivation and the results of two prior factor analyses of motivation items. This yielded a hierarchical structure of motivation and eight reliable subscales. Results are discussed in terms of motivation theories, validities,…

Examines validity of a battery of tests to be used as a tool in making personnel decisions regarding selection and promotion of industrial supervisory applicants. A job analysis approach to validity was undertaken to determine possible predictors of success on the job. (Author)

Reports the results of an experimental study concerning the effects that place of measurement might have on measuring attitudes of school age children. (Author/DEP)