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Psychological Tests and Measurements

Last update: 26 September 2008,
by Maureen Bell

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Aids for Using the Mental Measurements Yearbooks


Test Libraries at other Universities

You will find additional links to psychiatric rating scales and clinical tests on my mental health page and the Psychology Department maintains a test library which can be accessed through its website. Below is a list of test libraries at some other Australian universities.


APA Science Directorate: Testing and Assessment
Information about testing and assessment from the American Psychological Association. There is a section on Finding Information About Psychological Tests that addresses the most frequently asked questions about locating psychological tests. The text is also available as a .pdf file.

The ETS Test Collection
Includes an extensive library of tests and other measurement devices from the early 1900s to the present. The collection was established to make information on standardized tests and research instruments available to researchers, graduate students, and teachers.

QOLID - Quality of Life Instruments Database
Descriptions of a wide range of quality of life instruments.

Stony Brook Attachment Measures
This site, from the Department of Psychology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, contains a number of instruments relating to the measurement of mother infant interaction.

Tests and Measures in the Social Sciences: Tests Available in Compilation Volumes
Compiled by Helen Hough, Health Sciences Librarian, University of Texas at Arlington, an excellent listing of tests published in compilation volumes of tests and measures. It has a useful author and keyword index.

VassarStats: Statistical Computation Website
This site is created and maintained by Richard Lowry Department of Psychology Vassar College. It contains programmes which will perform calculations using a range of statistical tests and methods, including Fisher's Exact Probability Test, Chi-Square "Goodness of Fit" Test, t-Test for Independent Samples, and many others. Detailed instructions are given on how to access and use this facility.

Test Libraries at Other Universities

Griffith University School of Applied Psychology (Health) Test Library

JCU (James Cook University) Psychology Test Library

Macquarie University Department of Psychology Test Library

QUT (Queensland University of Technology) School of Psychology and Counselling Test Library

UNE (University of New England) School of Psychology Test Library

University of Newcastle School of Behavioural Sciences Psychometric Test Library

University of Sydney Clinical Psychology Unit Test Library

University of Woollongong Psychology Test Library

USQ (University of Southern Queensland ) Psychology Tests On-Line (PTO)

Aids for Using Mental Measurements Yearbooks and Tests in Print

The Library holds printed versions of both Tests in Print (BSL Reference collection 153.94 T3451)
see Buros:How to use Tests in Print
and
the Mental Measurements Yearbook (BSL Reference collection 153.9405 M54)
see Buros:How to use the Mental MeasurementsYearbooks

Buros: Tools
A range of additional tools is availale to make use of Tests in Print, and the Mental Measurements Yearbook easier - including a Classified Subject Index, and instructions on how to cite references from MMY.

Buros: Alphabetical List of Test Titles
Test information appears in pop up windows.

Buros:Complete MMY Index
This is a complete list of tests reviewed in the Mental Measurements Yearbook series, from the 9th MMY (1985) to the present.

Indices for individual Yearbooks are also available

Tests reviewed in the 9th Mental Measurements Yearbook (1985)

Tests reviewed in the 10th Mental Measurements Yearbook (1989)

Tests reviewed in the 11th Mental Measurements Yearbook (1992)

Tests reviewed in the 12th Mental Measurements Yearbook (1995)

Tests reviewed in the 13th Mental Measurements Yearbook (1998)

Tests reviewed in the 14th Mental Measurements Yearbook (2001)

Tests reviewed in the 15th Mental Measurements Yearbook (2003)

Tests reviewed in the 16th Mental Measurements Yearbook (2005)

Tests Reviewed in the 17th Mental Measurement Yearbook (2007)

Test Reviews Online
From the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements. Searchable by alphabetical or category listings of test titles, or by keyword.

Using an MMY Review and Other Materials to Evaluate a Test
By Anthony J Nitko, for the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.

Using an MMY Review to Evaluate a Test
By Anthony J Nitko, for the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.