Psychology Subject Guide

Tests and Measures

To locate information about tests and evaluative instruments, consult the following sources. Entries usually include information on obtaining copies or specimen sets of tests from publishers, or journal citations if the test was published in an article. Tests are NOT usually held by UT Libraries.

Databases

• Mental Measurements Yearbook. 9th edition -.

The principal authoritative work in the measurement field. Contains information about English-language commercially-available tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas. The Mental Measurements Yearbook database does not contain the actual tests; usually they must be obtained from the test publisher. See description in Print Resources.

• Health and Psychosocial Instruments Index (HAPI). Pittsburgh, PA: Behavioral Measurement Database Services. 1985-

A directory of tests in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information sciences. Includes questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, rating scales, projective techniques, and other types of instruments. Search by test or subscale title, author, keyword or descriptor. Entries include the source of the test information, abstract, and reliability and validity information.

To find journal articles or other literature on tests or assessments, search the PsycINFO or education databases.

To find abstracts of dissertations based on research using a particular test, use Dissertation Abstracts. Type in a test name or keywords. Note: Non-UTK dissertations are not usually held in the library. You may request them through Interlibrary Services.

Websites

• Educational Testing Service (ETS) Test Link

Database that contains descriptions of more than 25,000 tests and other measurement devices from the early 1900s to the present.

• Neuropsychology Central

For information on testing of the neurologically impaired.

Print Resources

• REF BF176.B932
  Buros, Oscar, ed. Mental Measurements Yearbook. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1938- .

Principal authoritative work in the measurement field. Contains information about English-language commercially-available tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas. For each test, Mental Measurements Yearbook provides a detailed description*, price information, and original reviews prepared by experts. It does not contain the actual tests; usually they must be obtained from the the test publisher. Six indexes help users identify appropriate tests: title, acronym, subject, publisher, author/reviewer name, and scores. The Mental Measurements Yearbooks are not cumulative. Each edition includes a unique set of tests.

* Descriptive elements include: test name, test author, publication date, scores, publisher, acronym, purpose, population, administration, manual, time, and comments.

• REF BF176.B874
  Tests in Print: An Index to Tests, Test Reviews and the Literature on Specific Tests.

A comprehensive index to currently commercially available tests. Tests in Print includes the same descriptive information as Mental Measurements Yearbook, but not the reviews.

• REF BF39.B583 1993
  Bishop, Lloyd and Lester, Paula E. Instrumentation in Education: An Anthology. New York: Garland, 1993.

This collection briefly describes 850 measures for attributes of organizations and individuals that were reported in the literature from 1950 to 1992. The major categories used are Organizational Analysis and Evaluation; Leadership, Performance and Supervision; Work Motivation, Job Satisfaction and Stress; The Individual/Professional and the Organization; Relationships between the Professional and the Organization; and Diagnostic Surveys of Organizations and Schools. Indexes are available to search by author, test title or categories. (See related title, Handbook of Tests and Measurement in Education and the Social Sciences.)

• REF BF176.C66 2000
  Fischer, Joel and Kevin Corcoran. Measures for Clinical Practice: A Sourcebook, 3rd ed. New York: Free Press, c2000.

Volume 1 offers copies (reprinted with permission) of short, easy-to-score instruments relating to couples, families and children. Volume 2 contains similar instruments for adults. To select an instrument, use the list of Instruments Cross-Referenced by Problem Area.

• REF BF176.E53 2003 Vols. 1-2
  Fernandez-Ballesteros, Rocio, ed. Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2003.

Contains 235 entries, organized alphabetically, covering a wide variety of fields in psychological testing and assessment. Entries include a general conceptual and methodological overview, a section on relevant assessment devices, links to related concepts, and references.

• REF BF176.H37 1996
  Jones, Reginald H., ed. Handbook of Tests and Measurements for Black Populations. Hampton, VA: Cobb & Henry Publishers, c1996.

More than 100 instruments - many unpublished and not yet validated - are described. Volume 1 covers measures for infants through adults, language assessment, parental attitudes, and family dynamics. Volume 2 includes measures of worldview, spirituality, acculturation, racial identity, mental health, and other areas. Use the name and subject indexes to locate tests.

• REF BF176.S78 1995
  Stuart-Hamilton, Ian. Dictionary of Psychological Testing, Assessment and Treatment. London and Bristol, PA: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, c1995.

A specialized dictionary for common test names and acronyms, experimental methods and therapies, this includes many useful cross-references to related terms.

• REF BF176.T43 2003
  Maddox, Taddy, ed. Tests: A Comprehensive Reference for Assessments in Psychology, Education, and Business. 5th ed. Austin, TX: PRO-ED, 2003

A quick reference guide to thousands of tests, grouped by subject. Indexes include test title, author, and publishers. For critiques of these tests, see the following companion title.

• REF BF176.T435
  Keyser, Daniel J. and Sweetland, Richard C., eds. Test Critiques. Kansas City, MO: Test Corporation of America, 1984-2005. (11 volumes)

This source describes the most often used psychological, educational, and business tests. Professional reviewers describe each test, including its practical applications, technical aspects, an evaluation and references. Volume 10 contains the cumulative test title, publisher, author/reviewer, and subject indexes.

• REF BF431.G625
  Goldman, Bert A. Directory of Unpublished Experimental Mental Measures. Various publishers. 1974- .

Brief listings for several thousand tests not available commercially and still under development, which were collected from journals and reports. Includes measures in education, psychology, sociology and personnel. A cumulative subject index is in the latest volume.

• REF BF697.5.S3B97 1996
  Byrne, Barbara M. Measuring Self-Concept Across the Life Span: Issues and Instrumentation. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, c1996.

Provides complete information on measures for various age groups and special populations. Includes references and an extensive index.

• REF BF698.4.M38 1991 (Also stacks)
  Robinson, John P., Shaver, Philip R. and Wrightsman, Lawrence S. eds. Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1991.

A comprehensive guide to promising and useful measures of important social science concepts. Most of the 150 test descriptions include scale items and scoring instructions, along with reliability and validity information and brief comments.

• REF BF722.J64
  Johnson, Orval G., and Bommarito, James W. eds. Tests and Measures in Child Development: A Handbook. San Diego, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1971.

Describes about 300 unpublished measures suitable for use with children aged birth to 12 years. Covers Cognition; Personality and Emotional Characteristics, Perceptions of Environment; Self-Concept; Environment; Motor Skills, Brain Injury, and Sensory Perception; Physical Attributes; Miscellaneous Attitudes and Interests; Social Behavior; and Unclassified measures. Includes author, measure, subject, and general indexes.

• REF BF722.J643 Vols. 1-2 (Also stacks)
  Johnson, Orval G., ed. Tests and Measures in Child Development: Handbook II. San Diego, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1976.

A follow-up to Volume I, describes about 900 unpublished measures suitable for use with children aged birth to eighteen years. Covers Cognition; Personality and Emotional Characteristics; Perceptions of Environment; Self-Concept; Qualities of Caregiving and Home Environment; Motor Skills and Sensory Perception; Physical Attributes; Attitudes and Interests; Social Behavior; Vocational; and Unclassified measures. Includes author, measure, and subject indexes.

• REF GV706.4.D57 1996
  Ostrow, Andrew C., ed. Directory of Psychological Tests in the Sport and Exercise Sciences. 2nd ed. Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology, 1996.

Provides test title and author information, source, purpose, description, test construction, reliability and validity, norms, and availability information for 314 mostly unpublished instruments, most of which were reported in the refereed literature of the early 1990's. Subject, author, title and acronym indexes are also provided.

• REF H62.E53 2005 Vols. 1-3
  Kempf-Leonard, Kimberly, ed. Encyclopedia of Social Measurement. San Diego, CA: Elsevier Academic Press, 2005.

A comprehensive and authoritative study covering the data, techniques, theories, designs, histories, and implications of assigning numerical data to social phenomena. It consists of 356 articles in three volumes.

• REF H62.M44 2002
  Miller, Delbert C. Handbook of Research Design and Social Measurement. 6th ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2002.

This standard sourcebook covers all the steps in basic, applied and evaluation research, including a section on scales and indexes.

• REF HF5415.3.B323 1999
  Bearden, William O., Netemeyer, Richard G. Handbook of Marketing Scales: Multi-item Measures for Marketing and Consumer Behavior Research. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1999.

A summary of multi-item, self-report measures available for market research. Actual scale items and instructions are provided when possible; otherwise descriptions include information on development, samples, validity, scores, sources, and references. Includes indexes of scale titles and authors.

• REF HM253.B43 1990
  Beere, Carole A. Gender Roles: A Handbook of Tests and Measures. New York: Greenwood, 1990.

Describes 211 measures related to gender roles and attitudes (e.g., stereotypes, marital roles, parental roles) found in a comprehensive literature search of material published from 1978 to mid-1988.

• REF HQ728.T68 2001
  Touliatos, John, Perlmutter, Barry F. and Straus, Murray A., eds. Handbook of Family Measurement Techniques. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2001.

Includes brief descriptions of 976 instruments. The five broad categories covered are Marital and Family Interaction; Intimacy and Family Values; Parenthood; Roles and Power; and Adjustment. See Summary of Instrument Codes preceding each group of test abstracts, or use the classification index at the back.

• REF HQ1061.R44 1982
  Mangen, David J. and Peterson, Warren A., eds. Research Instruments in Social Gerontology. Vol. 1: Clinical and Social Psychology; Vol. 2: Social Roles and Social Participation; and Vol. 3: Health, Program Evaluation, and Demography. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1982-1984.

A benchmark collection of over 400 instruments, divided into thematic chapters written by specialists. Each chapter contains a narrative review; detailed abstracts of tests; and where possible, complete scales at the end of the chapter. Each volume has its own subject and name indexes.

• REF LB3051.E79 1993
  Educational Testing Service. ETS Test Collection Catalog. 1st and 2nd eds. Phoenix: Oryx, 1989, 1993.

An ongoing series covering all age and grade levels, these volumes list a total of over 17,000 published and unpublished measures. Categories of tests are achievement (v. 1); vocational (v. 2); special populations (v. 3); cognitive aptitude and intelligence (v. 4); attitude (v. 5); and affective measures and personality (v. 6). Access is by subject, author and title indexes.

• REF LB3051.L4543 2000
  Lester, Paula E. and Bishop, Lloyd K. Handbook of Tests and Measurement in Education and the Social Sciences, 2nd ed. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press/Technomic Books, 2000.

A compilation of over 120 actual instruments (or in some cases, sample items), both published and unpublished. Tests relating to personality or psychology are excluded. Use author or instrument indexes to find tests. (See related title, Instrumentation in Education: An Anthology.)

• REF LB3063.L4 1984
  Levy, Philip, and Goldstein, Harvey. Tests in Education: A Book of Critical Reviews. London: Academic Press, 1984.

A source of critical reviews of about 200 tests in use in the British Education System, in areas such as early development, language, mathematics, composite attainments, general abilities, personality and counseling, and miscellaneous other topics.

• REF RC488.5.F73 1987
  Fredman, Norman and Sherman, Robert. Handbook of Measurements for Marriage and Family Therapy. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1987.

Describes 11 clinically popular tests, four observational measures, and 31 pencil-and-paper tests - all but one published since 1975. The entries for the last 31 tests usually include complete inventories, which may only be copied by permission of the copyright holder.

• REF RT48.I57 1997
  Frank-Stromborg, Marilyn and Sharon J. Olsen. Instruments for Clinical Health-Care Research. 2nd ed. Boston: James and Bartlett, c1997.

Includes sections on instruments for health and function, assessing health promotion activities, and assessing clinical problems. Some chapters include a summary of dimensions measured, reliability, and validity of tests, as well as an extensive bibliography.

For additional books, check the online catalog under the following subjects:

• Ability--Testing
• Behavioral Assessment
• Character Tests
• Criterion-referenced tests
• Educational Tests and Measurements
• Intelligence Tests
• Mental Illness--Diagnosis
• Personality--Testing
• Psychodiagnostics
• Psychological Tests
• Psychological Tests for Children
• Psychology--Methodology
• Psychometrics
• Sociometry
• Vocational Guidance

Copies of Tests

If UTK Libraries has a copy of a test, it will be listed in the online catalog under the test name as a TITLE; checking under test name as SUBJECT may provide books and/or audiovisual materials about a well-known test even if a copy is not in the Libraries. Test instruments or scales may also appear in journal articles.

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