Questions

Choice one of the following inventories/questionnaires & Answer the

following Questions

16 Personality Factor Inventory (16-PF) Beck Depression Inventory California Psychological Inventory (CPI) The Kolb Learning Style Inventory Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Inventory

YOU SHOULD HAVE AN INTRODUCTION & CONCLUSION SECTIONS

(5 marks)

APA FORMAT (5 marks) All the references should be cited using APA formatting. You

should have three or more references

1) What is the Name of the Test, Purpose and Publisher? (10 marks)

a. Name of Test:

b. Purpose: Purpose of test clearly stated

c. Publisher:

2) What is the questionnaire (inventory) Construction Methodology (10 marks)

➢ Underlying theory explained with references ➢ Constructs defined ➢ Rationale provided for item format, response format, and number of items

➢ Test scoring procedure fully described ➢ Chronology of test development provided

3) What is the questionnaire (inventory) NORMS (10 marks)

➢ Standard Scores defined: e.g., T-scores or other Mean/SD? Linear transformation or other? Guidelines for interpretation and

limitations provided

➢ Target Population identified, and sampling method used to establish norms described

➢ Sample sizes provided by norm group (e.g., by age and gender) ➢ Geographic representation noted ➢ Ethnic representation noted, and ethnic differences analyzed ➢ Gender representation noted, and gender differences analyzed ➢ Age representation noted, and age differences analyzed ➢ SES representation noted ➢ Education representation noted ➢ When clinical groups used, criteria used for clinical

classification/diagnosis fully explained

4) What is the Evidence of Reliability? (10 marks) ➢ Alpha Reliabilities ➢ Test-retest (including retest interval) ➢ Inter-rater (when applicable) ➢ Standard Error of Measurement ➢ Reliability values to be provided by group where applicable ➢ Reliability values to be provided for short and long versions where

applicable

➢ Reliability values to be provided by administration mode (paper vs software) where applicable

5) What is the Evidence of Validity (10 marks) ➢ Each purpose of the test must be clearly stated in the validity

section, and empirical evidence or other rationale must be provided

to support these asserted purposes. It should be stated that use of

the test for any other purpose is the responsibility of the test user

➢ Analyses should include: ✓ Assessment of Factor Structure ✓ Scale Intercorrelations ✓ Justification for cut-offs used, or an indication that the cut-

offs are informal

✓ Construct Validation ✓ Cross Validation procedures used ✓ Possible confounding variables analyzed (or discussed)

6) What are the pros of the test according to reviewers? (10 marks)

7) What are the cons of the test according to reviewers? (10 marks)