Information on Tests and Testing

Information on Tests and Testing Links

• Correlations & Factor Analysis Introduction from a political scientist's viewpoint by RJ Rummel
  
• Annotated Factor Analysis Bibliography Useful list (and brief reviews) of factor analysis papers and texts: ancient and modern.
  
• APA Science Directorate: Testing and Assessment American Psychological Association. Provides information on psychological testing and assessment, acquiring psychological tests, and ordering the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing guide.
  
• International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID) The International Society for the Study of Individual Differences fosters research on temperament,intelligence, attitudes and abilities. "Personality & Individual Differences" is its related journal.
  
• Psychometric Innovations Presents recent innovations in psychological measurement, including methods for the assessment of cheating in high-stakes exams, and the measurement of general mental ability.
  
• Applied Psychometric Society Resource for professionals in psychometrics. Operated by Fordham University.
  
• Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education Principles to be considered when choosing, using, developing and interpreting the scores from psychological tests. Other professional organisations have their own variants on this theme.
  
• Grid Analysis Packages and Personal Construct Psychology Personal construct resources including FREE software for analysing repertory grids, plus reviews of other grid software.
  
• Online Implementation of an IPIP Five Factor Personality Inventory. Describes an online version of Goldberg's five-factor personality questionnaire. Includes norms.
  
• Ingrid Free downloadable software for analysing repertory grids.
  
• Test Locator Details of where to obtain commercially published and unpublished tests.
  
• Factor Analysis An overview of factor analysis from the perspective of a political scientist
  
• The Educational Testing Service Network Information about tests and testing, plus some downloadable practice tests
  
• Factor Analysis Excellent introduction to factor analysis
  
• Psychological Testing and Assessment Information and resources about educational and psychological testing and assessment. Includes links to some simple web-based tests.
  
• Exploratory Factor Analysis A book manuscript by Ledyard Tucker & Robert MacCallum, written 19871993
  
• Classics in the History of Psychology Downloadable classic papers by Allport, Cronbach, JMcK Cattell, Galton, Meehl, Spearman, Terman, Thurstone and others.
  
• Psychometrics and their Nature General information about psychological testing with emphasis on giftedness testing. Brief overview of testing theory, reliabilty, validity.
  
• Liam Healy & Associates Psychometric test information and downloadable practice tests. On-line (commercial) career development tools.
  
• Psychological Testing Describes commonly used psychological tests, including their development and typical applications. Mental health job postings and discussion of issues and news related to professional psychology are also available.