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Its primary goals were to enhance the item pool, update the test norms, optimize existing scales, and introduce new scales (that assess disordered eating, compulsivity, impulsivity, and self-importance). [34] It features a new, nationally representative normative sample, selected to match projections for race and ethnicity, education, and age.
The psychometric properties of the GPCOG are good. The reliability of the patient section is high. For the informant interview, reliability is satisfactory. In the original validation sample of 380 participants, the sensitivity of the GPCOG was 0.85, the specificity was 0.86.
The WRIT is an attempt to optimize accuracy in a short-form IQ test that includes fewer subtests. [5] The test was developed with a stratified sample of 2,285 people aged 4 to 85. [1] The test was published by British testing company Pearson in 2000; its manual was written by Joseph Glutting, Wayne Adams, and David Sheslow.
The test most similar to the WRAT is the Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT), another short, individually administered test which covers comparable material. In general the WRAT correlates very highly with the PIAT. The WRAT correlates moderately with various IQ tests, in the range of .40 to .70 for most groups and most tests.
When the test is scored, a value of 0 to 3 is assigned for each answer and then the total score is compared to a key to determine the depression's severity. The standard cut-off scores were as follows: [7] 0–9: indicates minimal depression; 10–18: indicates mild depression; 19–29: indicates moderate depression; 30–63: indicates severe ...
The most recent edition of the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF), released in 1993, is the fifth edition (16PF5e) of the original instrument. [25] [26] The self-report instrument was first published in 1949; the second and third editions were published in 1956 and 1962, respectively; and the five alternative forms of the fourth edition were released between 1967 and 1969.
According to Anastasi and Urbina, psychological tests involve observations made on a "carefully chosen sample [emphasis authors] of an individual's behavior." [1] A psychological test is often designed to measure unobserved constructs, also known as latent variables.
A public domain collection of items for use in personality tests. N/A Keirsey Temperament Sorter: Self-assessed personality questionnaire designed to help people better understand themselves. ? Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) The most widely used and researched standardized psychometric test of adult personality and ...