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Welcome to the Georgia State University subject guide for Psychology! Here you can find pointers for identifying high-quality information for your research (as well as how to cite it correctly).
Last update: Nov 23rd, 2009 URL: http://research.library.gsu.edu/psychology  Print Guide  RSS Updates

Tests and Measurements             Print Page
  
 

Test Information

http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2007/05/02/usability_testing_approaches_a_review.htm

Masternewmedia (2007)

  • American Psychological Association's FAQ  
      
    An excellent guide to locating information about or specific copies of both published and unpublished psychological tests. GSU library locations of some specific sources mentioned at this site are given in the box of the right.
  • Test Link  
    Educational Testing Service's guide to over 25,000 tests, including those available from the ETS store ($25 to download a test), from commercial publishers, and available in books and journals.
 
 

Sources Containing Information/Reviews on Commercially Published Tests

Mental Measurements Yearbook
Contains full-text information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas from Yearbooks 9 through 15.

Tests in Print
A comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language.

 

Sources Listing Tests in Journals and Books

Directory of unpublished experimental mental measures. 1974-   Ref. 431 .G624
References to journals in Education, Psychology, and Sociology in which tests on specific subjects can be found. 

ERIC
Good source for educationally oriented tests.  For tests on a given subject, limit to Tests/Questionnaires as Publication Type in the Advanced Search mode. 

HAPI (Health and Psychosocial Sources)
Select "Primary Source" to identify articles that include tests.

PsycINFO
To identify articles that include a test on a certain subject, perform an advanced search on the topic.  Select the field TM Tests & Measures from the drop-down fields menu.

Tests and Measures in the Social Sciences
If you identify a collection that contains a test you want, search GIL to see if our library owns the book.

 

 

Sources Containing Tests

Handbook of tests and measurement in education and the social sciences. Ref. LB3051 .L4543 2000
This handbook includes 120 instruments arranged under 36 topics, e.g. stress/burnout, locus of control, teacher attitudes/beliefs.  Information on reliability, validity, factor analysis, and references to studies utilizing the instrument are included.

Measures for clinical practice and research. (4th ed.)  BF176 .C66 2007
Volume 1 contains instruments relating to couples, families, and children.  Volume 2 contains instruments relating to adults. 

Measuring health: A guide to rating scales and questionnaires. (3rd ed.)  Ref. RA408.5 .M38 2006
Includes instruments on psychological well-being, anxiety, depression, and mental status testing.

Communication Research Measures-includes some instruments on education topics.  Created by WVU faculty and graduate students.

 

Subject Guide

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