Psychological Testing

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Psychological Testing

• All those library resources that will help you
  find what you need

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Tools for Finding Test Information

• Reference Books
• Library Databases
• Library Catalog
• Internet Sites

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Reference Books

• Mental Measurement Yearbook (MMY)
• Ref. BF176 .B87x
• Tests in Print (V, VI, VII)
• Ref. BF176 .T47
• Tests
• Ref. BF176 .T43 2003
• Test Critiques
• Ref. BF176 .T419 1984 (v. 1-10)

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MMY

• Tests listed alphabetically
• Includes intended population, acronyms,
  publisher, publication dates, forms and prices,
  timing, administration, and test author
• Lists reliability, validity, norming data,
  scoring and reporting services
• Most entries include reviews of the test and
  testing materials
• Available online and in print.

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USE MMY

• To determine if a particular test exists
• To determine the structure of a test
• To determine if a test has been published and is
  available
• To find summaries and excerpts of reviews of a
  test

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MMY is cumulative

• Use Tests in Print as an index to previously
  published MMYs

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Tests in Print

• Tests listed alphabetically
• Bibliographic encyclopedia of information on
  every published and commercially available test
  in psychology and achievement

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Tests in Print (cont.)

• Entry includes purpose, population, publication
  date, acronym, author, publisher, scores, timing,
  foreign adaptations and references
• DOES NOT INCLUDE critical reviews or psychometric
  information
• Available online and in print

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USE Tests in Print

• To determine availability of a test and then use
  MMY for critical reviews

Sample from Miami University Libraries in Oxford,
Ohio Educational and School Psychology
http//www.lib.muohio.edu/edpsych/my/tip-index.htm
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Tests

• Bibliographic encyclopedia containing information
  on testing instruments in psychology, education,
  and business
• Includes purpose, description of test, author,
  intended population, major features,
  administration time, scoring method, cost and
  availability, and primary publisher
• DOES NOT INCLUDE critiques or
  psychometric information
• Available only in print.

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USE Tests

• To find description of test and then use Test
  Critiques for critical reviews

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Test Critiques

• Tests listed alphabetically
• Includes psychometric information such as
  reliability, validity, and norm development
• Entry for test includes introduction, practical
  applications and uses, technical aspects and
  critiques
• Technical terms explained
• Use the Index of Test Titles located in the back
  of the latest volume to find which volume
  contains your test
• Available only in print.

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Library Databases(found on library website under
Articles/Databases)

• PsycINFO/PsycArticles
• HaPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments) (4
  simultaneous users)
• ERIC
• SocIndex
• Medline
• MMY (4 simultaneous users)
• Tests in Print (4 simultaneous users)

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PsycINFO

• Available through EbscoHost
• Can find studies concerning the validity or
  reliability of a given test
• Find reviews of tests in journals
• Find articles that have a survey or test appended
  to the article
• Some full-text
• Make sure to limit to Peer Reviewed Journals!

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HaPI

• Indexes measures created or modified for specific
  studies that appear in journals or books
• Contains over 15,000 instruments
• Reliability and validity can be used as keywords
  to access instruments with tested psychometric
  properties
• Only 4 simultaneous users
• Not full-text

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ERIC

• Available through EbscoHost
• Similar to PsycINFO
• Indexes educational literature
• Some full-text
• Make sure to limit search to Journal Articles

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MMY

• Available through EbscoHost
• Covers the 9th ed. present
• Can search by acronym using either the index or
  the drop-down menu
• Only 4 simultaneous users
• Full-text

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Library Catalog

• Use the Subject Tab and type either psychological
  tests or psychological testing
• Use Boolean Keyword and psychological testing
• Use Boolean Keyword and testing and the
  particular psychological topic, trait, etc. (ex.
  Testing and personality)
• Use Boolean Keyword and your test name as a
  phrase Wechsler Memory Scale

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Internet Resources

• APA FAQ in Psychological Tests
• www.apa.org/science/faq-findtests.html
• BUROS Institute of Mental Measurements-Test
  Reviews Online
• http//buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp

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How to cite the MMY

• The next two slides contain parts of a handout
  developed by
• Keith StangerEastern Michigan University
  Librarykeith_at_stanger.comhttp//keithstanger.com/
  December 26, 2005 (used by permission)

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Citing the print MMY

• Entire test description
• Brown Attention-Deficit Disorder Scales. (2001).
  In B. S. Plake J. C. Impara (Eds.), The
  fourteenth mental measurements yearbook (pp.
  183-190). Lincoln, NE Buros Institute of Mental
  Measurements.

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Citing the print MMY

• Individual test review
• Kaufman, N.L., Kaufman, A.S. (2001). Review of
  the test Brown Attention-Deficit Disorder
  Scales. In B. S. Plake J. C. Impara (Eds.),
  The fourteenth mental measurements yearbook (pp.
  183-187). Lincoln, NE Buros Institute of Mental
  Measurements.

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Citing the online MMY

• Entire test description
• Hathaway, S., McKinley, J., Butcher, J. (1942,
  1942-1990). Minnesota Multiphasic Personality
  Inventory-2. Retrieved from Mental Measurements
  Yearbook database.

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Citing the online MMY

• Individual test review
• Kaufman, N.L., Kaufman, A.S. (2001). Review of
  the test Brown Attention-Deficit Disorder Scales.
  In The fourteenth mental measurements yearbook. 
  Retrieved from Mental Measurements Yearbook
  database.

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APA Style Guide to Electronic Resources

• Retrieval date No date necessary for content
  unlikely to change or to be updated (i.e.
  published journal articles)
• Name and location of source Use a DOI (Digital
  Object Identifier) if available

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DOI Digital Object Indentifier

• Not every article will have a DOI
• IF a DOI is present, you dont need to cite the
  database name.
• The DOI is unique to each article.
• Easiest to copy and paste a DOI in a citation
  than to try and type it.

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Example

• Sellbom, M., Fischler, G., Ben-Porath, Y.
  (2007). Identifying MMPI-2 Predictors of police
  officer integrity and misconduct. Criminal
  Justice and Behavior, 34(8), 985-1004. doi
  10.1177/0093854807301224 

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How to cite an online source within your paper

• The information on the following slide was
  retrieved from the APA website
• http//www.apastyle.org/electext.html
• Electronic References Citations in Text of
  Electronic Material

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How to cite an online source within your paper

• For electronic sources that do not provide page
  numbers, use the paragraph number, if available,
  preceded by the paragraph symbol or the
  abbreviation para. If neither paragraph nor page
  numbers are visible, cite the heading and the
  number of the paragraph following it to direct
  the reader to the location of the material (see
  section 3.39).
• (Myers, 2000, 5)(Beutler, 2000, Conclusion
  section, para. 1)

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Other helpful websites on citing sources

• http//www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite6.html
• Using Principles of APA Style to Cite and
  Document Sources
• http//library.nmu.edu/guides/userguides/style_apa
  .htm
• APA Reference Style Guide developed and
  maintained by Mike Strahan.

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For further help

• Contact me by phone x3850 or by email
  ekielley_at_messiah.edu
• Contact the Reference Desk by phone x3910, by
  email Ask a Librarian link on home page or IM
  MessiahLibrarian
• Or just come to the library