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In this assignment, you will be critiquing two psychological tests, a personality test and an intelligence test. You will be critiquing the following categories for each test: General Test Content, Technical Format, Test Strengths and Weaknesses, and Multicultural Applications of the test. You will need to submit a worksheet for each test. The length requirements are listed in each section. Each test critique will be the equivalent of 3-4 pages.

Your paper must also:

Be in APA format, including a title page and reference page.

Be proofread and contain few to no grammar errors, misspellings, or typographical errors.

Incorporate a minimum of three supportive scholarly citations and references to support content and conclusions.

Examples of Personality Tests:

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory- 2nd edition

Millon Clinical Mulitaxial Inventory- 3rd edition

NEO Personality Inventory

Personality Assessment Inventory

California Psychological Inventory

16 Personality Factors

Thematic Apperception Test

Rorschach Inkblot Test

Examples of Intelligence Tests:

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - 4th Ed

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale- Revised

Test of Nonverbal Intelligence

Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale

Potential resources include, but are not limited to:

Test Materials (test manual, test booklets, etc.)*

  • Online databases (such as the ETS Test Collection database at http://www.ets.org/testcoll/)
  • Mental Measurements Yearbook
  • Test Critiques
  • Tests in Print

Findings of reliability and validity studies published in scholarly journals. Journals include:

  • Applied Psychological Measurement
  • Educational and Psychological Measurement
  • Journal of Applied Psychology
  • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  • Journal of Educational Psychology
  • Journal of Personality Assessment
  • Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
  • Journal of School Psychology
  • Personnel Psychology
  • Psychological Assessment

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Component Excellent Satisfactory General Test Information Student provides an accurate, thorough review of each General Testing Category. Critique demonstrates thorough knowledge of course concepts. Student provides accurate description of evidence for reliability and validity that reflects knowledge of course concepts. Student provides some review of each General Testing Category. At times description lacks coherence. Critique demonstrates some knowledge of course concepts. Student provides accurate description of test strengths and weaknesses that reflect knowledge of course concepts. Student provides description of test strengths and weaknesses that are mostly accurate and reflect some course concepts. At times description lacks coherence. Student provides accurate description of multicultural application that reflects knowledge of course concepts. Student provides description of multicultural application that is mostly accurate and reflects some course concepts. At times description lacks coherence. Student integrates greater than three scholarly Student integrates two to three scholarly 50 Points Possible (25 Points Per Test) Technical Evaluation 50 Points Possible (25 Points Per Test) Test Critique 50 Points Possible (25 Points Per Test) Multicultural Application 40 Points Possible (20 Points Per Test) Critical Analysis 40 Points Possible (20 Points Per Test) Student provides description of evidence for reliability and validity that are mostly accurate and reflect some course concepts. At times description lacks coherence. Needs Improvement Student provides a marginal review of each General Testing Category. Inaccuracies are present. Sufficient details and supporting evidence are lacking. Critique demonstrates marginal knowledge of course concepts. Student provides marginally accurate description of evidence for reliability and validity. Description does not integrate course concepts. Sufficient details and supporting evidence are lacking. Student provides marginally accurate description of test strengths and weaknesses. Description does not integrate course concepts. Sufficient details and supporting evidence are lacking. Student provides marginally accurate description of multicultural application. Description does not integrate course concepts. Sufficient details and supporting evidence are lacking. Student integrates less than two scholarly resources to support ideas. Unsatisfactory Student does not provide review of each General Testing Category. Critique does not demonstrate knowledge of course concepts. Student does not provide description of evidence for reliability and validity. Student does not provide description of test strengths and weaknesses. Student does not provide description of multicultural application. Student does not integrate scholarly Points Earned Formatting/Writing 50 Points Possible (25 Points Per Test) Summary Comments: references to support ideas. references to support ideas. Work is presented in a logical and coherent way. Writing is clear, articulate, and error free. Citations are composed in proper format with few or no errors. Work is grammatically sound with a few minor errors. Citations are composed in the proper format with some errors. resources to support ideas. Work contains frequent grammatical errors. Citations are inaccurate or improperly formatted. Work does not demonstrate appropriate graduate level writing. Total Points: General Test Information Name of Test Publisher and Publication Date Test Description (30 word minimum) Construct(s), domain(s) or variable(s) the test measures (30 word minimum) Theoretical Foundation of Test (50 word minimum) Purpose and potential uses of test (50 word minimum) Whom the test is designed for (30 word minimum) Number of items Item Format (such as multiple choice, true or false) Subscales (50 word minimum) Test Administration Procedures (50 word minimum) Administrator Qualifications (such as degree, experience) Assignment adapted from Nicolai, K. (2005). Student Workbook for Psychological Testing: Principles, Applications and Issues. Thomson/Wadsworth, ISBN 0-534-63308-0. Type of Test Scoring (manual or computer) Subscale, Factor or Dimension Scores (if applicable) Technical Evaluation Evidence of reliability (such as test-retest, internal consistency) (100 word minimum) Evidence of validity (such as content, criterion, construct related) (100 word minimum) Critique Test Strengths (200 word minimum) Test Weaknesses (200 word minimum) Multicultural Application Analysis of the multicultural application of the test (addressing research on multicultural comparison OR limitations of generalizability based on lack of multicultural data) (250 word minimum) Assignment adapted from Nicolai, K. (2005). Student Workbook for Psychological Testing: Principles, Applications and Issues. Thomson/Wadsworth, ISBN 0-534-63308-0. Assignment adapted from Nicolai, K. (2005). Student Workbook for Psychological Testing: Principles, Applications and Issues. Thomson/Wadsworth, ISBN 0-534-63308-0.
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General Test Information

The intelligence test has been made in such a way that it
would aid in testing the intelligence level amongst
individuals of different races, age, and other characters.
The test has been made in such a way that it would
measure the anxiety levels, emotional and capability of
taking action against certain things.
Intelligence Testing

Name of Test
Published by David Wechsler in 1955
Publisher and Publication Date
Test Description (30-word minimum)

Construct(s), domain(s) or variable(s)
the test measures (30 word
minimum)

The test had been taken to an educational institution. The
test had been taken to an education department to come up
with ways that would aid in the process of identifying
children who were deemed to be lagging behind
academically.
Intelligence tests are regarded to be the total scores that
have been derived from various standardized tests that had
been designed to assess the intellectual capacity of human
beings. A psychologist identified as William Stern had
coined the abbreviation IQ. The main focus of the test was
on children who had been selected, and a comprehensive
analysis had been done to them (Castro, 2015).
The main focus of the test was on children who had been
selected, and a comprehensive analysis had been done to
them (Castro, 2015). Through the test, several children
were handpicked, and the test was conducted on the

Assignment adapted from Nicolai, K. (2005). Student Workbook for Psychological Testing: Principles,
Applications and Issues. Thomson/Wadsworth, ISBN 0-534-63308-0.

Theoretical Foundation of Test (50word minimum)

Purpose and potential uses of the test
(50-word minimum)

Whom the test is designed for (30word minimum)

Number of items

Item Format (such as multiple choice,
true or false)

The first intelligence test was identified as the Binet-Simon
test that had been conducted by Alfred Binet in 1905. In
the same year, the test had been taken to an educational
institution. The test had been taken to an education
department to come up with ways that would aid in the
process of identifying children who were deemed to be
lagging behind academically.
Intelligence tests are regarded to be the total scores that
have been derived f...


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