a. Select one standardized test. If your thesis or dissertation will involve the use of standardized tests, select a measure relevant to that study. Otherwise, select a measure that relates to your major professional interests.
b. Obtain a specimen set for your measure. Most departments of psychology, university libraries, or counseling centers have a file of standardized tests. A copy of the test, the test manual, and the scoring key are included for most measures. Your instructor will give you the information you need to obtain a specimen set.
c. Sources of Information
(1) Look up the selected measure in the most recent edition of the Mental Measurements Yearbook available in your institution's library. If your measure is not reviewed, select another measure.
(2) Check the name of the measure you have selected in the most recent three annual volumes of Psychological Abstracts and ERIC. Also check key words related to the topic of the measure. For
example, if your measure were the IPAT Anxiety Scale Questionnaire, you would check the key word anxiety in the subject index. Locate one study in which the measure was used. Read the study,
giving particular attention to data related to the questions below. Prepare a note card on the article and submit it as part of this assignment.
d. Answer the following questions based on your study of the sources mentioned above.
(1) Objectivity
(a) Is the measure subject to administrator bias? Discuss.
(b) Is the measure subject to scoring bias? Discuss.
(2) Normative Data
(a) Are normative data provided? Describe.
(b) Are the samples used in establishing the norms satisfactory? Describe.
(c) How comparable are norm groups to the sample in your study (if this measure is being considered for your thesis or dissertation project)?
(3) Validity
(a) What type of validity evidence is most appropriate for this measure? Why?
(b) What validity evidence is given in your sources? Describe.
(c) Write a brief evaluation of the validity evidence available on this measure.
(4) Reliability
(a) What type of reliability data are available for this measure? Describe.
(b) What are the reliability coefficients?
(c) Write a brief evaluation of the reliability data available for this measure.
e. Submit a typed, double-spaced paper giving the name and a brief description of the measure, including the publisher's name, publication data, administration time, age levels if appropriate, and the types of scores that it yields. Answer the four questions listed in "d" above. Be sure to include your note card with your paper [see (c-2)]. Be prepared to report on your standardized test evaluation in class.

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The Answer of a. Select one standardized test. If your thesis or dissertation will involve the use of standardized tests, select a measure relevant to that study. Otherwise, select a measure that relates to your major professional interests.
b. Obtain a specimen set for your measure. Most departments of psychology, university libraries, or counseling centers have a file of standardized tests. A copy of the test, the test manual, and the scoring key are included for most measures. Your instructor will give you the information you need to obtain a specimen set.
c. Sources of Information
(1) Look up the selected measure in the most recent edition of the Mental Measurements Yearbook available in your institution's library. If your measure is not reviewed, select another measure.
(2) Check the name of the measure you have selected in the most recent three annual volumes of Psychological Abstracts and ERIC. Also check key words related to the topic of the measure. For
example, if your measure were the IPAT Anxiety Scale Questionnaire, you would check the key word anxiety in the subject index. Locate one study in which the measure was used. Read the study,
giving particular attention to data related to the questions below. Prepare a note card on the article and submit it as part of this assignment.
d. Answer the following questions based on your study of the sources mentioned above.
(1) Objectivity
(a) Is the measure subject to administrator bias? Discuss.
(b) Is the measure subject to scoring bias? Discuss.
(2) Normative Data
(a) Are normative data provided? Describe.
(b) Are the samples used in establishing the norms satisfactory? Describe.
(c) How comparable are norm groups to the sample in your study (if this measure is being considered for your thesis or dissertation project)?
(3) Validity
(a) What type of validity evidence is most appropriate for this measure? Why?
(b) What validity evidence is given in your sources? Describe.
(c) Write a brief evaluation of the validity evidence available on this measure.
(4) Reliability
(a) What type of reliability data are available for this measure? Describe.
(b) What are the reliability coefficients?
(c) Write a brief evaluation of the reliability data available for this measure.
e. Submit a typed, double-spaced paper giving the name and a brief description of the measure, including the publisher's name, publication data, administration time, age levels if appropriate, and the types of scores that it yields. Answer the four questions listed in "d" above. Be sure to include your note card with your paper [see (c-2)]. Be prepared to report on your standardized test evaluation in class.

A Select One Standardized Test