Psychological Test Evaluation Paper ESSAY

Indicates the title, author, publisher, publication dates, length of administration, and cost of the test and whether it is proprietary or nonproprietary.

Answers the following questions:

· What does the test measure? (Include scales.)

· What does the test predict?

· What behavior does the test require the test taker to perform?

· What population was the test designed for?

· What is the nature of the test?

· What is the format of the test?

Answers the following questions:

· If you have access to a test manual, is it comprehensive? (I assume that most of you will not have access to a test manual–that’s fine.)

· How easy or difficult is the test to administer?

· How clear are the administration directions?

· How clear are the scoring procedures?

· What qualifications and training, if any, does an administrator need to have?

· Does the test have face validity?

Answers the following questions:

· Is there a norm group? Who comprises it? What types of norms are there? How was the norm group selected? Are there subgroup norms?

· What is the estimate of the test’s reliability? How was reliability determined?

· What is the evidence for the validity of the test? How was validity determined?

· What is the standard error of measurement?

· What are the confidence intervals?

Answers at least one of the following questions in a full paragraph with sufficient detail:

· What do reviewers say are the strengths and weaknesses of the test?

· What studies that used the test as a measurement instrument have been published?

· How did the test perform when researchers or test users, other than the test developers, used it?

Note: If you’re having trouble locating an article for this section, go to  https://scholar.google.com (Links to an external site.) and search for the DOI of your test development article. The name of your article should appear. Then, if it has been cited by anyone else, you should be able to click “Cited by #” to see the articles that have cited it. If absolutely no other articles h

ave cited it, you can write about that in this section and provide your own test review.

Includes a one-two paragraph discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the instrument cutting across all parts of this outline.  HINT: Think about whether or not you would use this test and refer back to previous portions of the paper (i.e., reliability, validity, etc.) to support your opinions about the test.

Follows APA guidelines for the entire paper, including general format, style, in-text citations, and the reference list. Paper contains fewer than 5% direct quotations. (Additional points may be deducted for plagiarism or egregious errors related to in-text and reference list citations.)

Your paper should be free of egregious errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation. I know that few papers are perfect, and I won’t count off for a single mistake, but you will definitely lose points here if I have trouble understanding what you wrote due to spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors. See the APA Publication Manual for guidelines on punctuation, spelling, capitalization, italics, abbreviations, numbers, metrication, statistical and mathematical copy, and equations. Also, just use good old common sense and what you learned in your high school English and grammar classes.

Your paper should be written using language appropriate for a college-level course. You will lose points for inappropriate abbreviations that you would not find in a textbook or scholarly article (for example: BTW, IMO). I should not be confused by your choice of language or paper organization. A good way to see if your words and sentences flow is to read your paper out loud to yourself. Another good way to check this section is to have someone else read your paper. Even someone with no knowledge of psychology should be able to tell you if your tone and language make sense and your paragraphs and ideas flow logically.