1. Locating Tests http://www.apa.org/science/faq- findtests.html http://www.apa.org/science/faq- findtests.html

2. Considerations in locating tests n How do you decide if you need a test? n How do you locate information about tests? n How do you locate the actual test? n What do you look for in tests? n How do you select the test to use?

3. Using tests (restrictions) n Licensed? n Copyright? n Permission? n Public domain?

4. Some dimensions of tests n Standardization n Commercial n Author n Cost n Domain n Length n Administration options n Language n Availability

5. Locating tests/information n Published psychological tests n Commercial vendors n Unpublished psychological tests n Scholarly publications n Internet n Commercial publications n Create own

6. Published Standardized Psychological Tests n The Buros Institute n Tests in Print (TIP) n Mental Measurement Yearbook (MMY) u z5814P8B932

7. MMY n Buros Institute for Mental Measurements Buros Institute for Mental Measurements Buros Institute for Mental Measurements n 18 th ed 2010 n Not cumulative n Multiple indexes Titles Titles Acronyms Acronyms Subject Subject Publisher Publisher Names Names Source Source

8. Information in MMY n Title n Purpose n Population n Publication date n Acronym n Scores n Administration n Forms, parts, levels n Manual n Price n Foreign language n Time n Comments

9. Commercial Vendors n Western Psychological Services n AGS Publishing n Lawrence Erlbaum Associates  Purchase the tests (expensive)  Restricted  Standardized

10. “standardized” non commercial n Published lists in books of tests u e.g. Measures for Clinical Practice: a sourcebook by Corcoran and Fisher n In journals  Considered to be in “public domain” and free to use.

11. Unpublished psychological tests n Directory of Unpublished Experimental Measures u Vol 9 – 2007 u BF431 G624  Non standardized  Not evaluated  Not commercial (frequently free)  Index cumulative  Source of test

12. Scholarly Publications n Journals n Peer reviewed web sites  Hard to locate actual test  Standardized on not  Cost varies  Restrictions vary

13. internet n Google (scholar) n “The Test Locator” ERIC n ETS n Buros n Queendom.com

14. Commercial Publications n “Pop” tests

15. Self made tests n Pros Very specific Very specific n Cons o Time consuming o Not accepted o Not standardized

16. Homework due Tuesday 5 Feb n Locate 3 non standardized tests n ** You must have access to the actual questions and scoring rubric. n Submit your own brief descriptions of tests and a reference (where you got it) as well copies of the test questions. n Rank order by preference to use

17. Assessment tools Methoduseexampleprocon Tests Interview Portfolio Case History Observation natural/lab Role playing Apparatus