databases of psychological tests

DATABASES OF

PSYCHOLOGICAL

TESTS

Carlos A. Almenara, PhD

Online and Offline Resources In Psychological Assessment PSY494P122 (March 26th, 2014)

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EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE

(ETS)

Educational Testing Service

The ETS Test Collection is a database of

more than 25,000 tests and other

measurement devices.

Contains information about tests from the

early 1900s to the present, and is

considered the largest compilation of such

materials in the world.

Downloadable tests have a cost.

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Home Page: http://www.ets.org/test_link/about

Database: http://1340.sydneyplus.com/ETS_Test_Collection/Portal.aspx


Field codes

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http://1340.sydneyplus.com/ETS_Test_Collection/Portal.aspx


You may use ERIC descriptors (Thesaurus)

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http://eric.ed.gov/?ti=all


Truncation (* wildcard)

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Searching a downloadable test

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EXERCISE 1:

Using the Advanced Search, use the

SubjectSearch field and try searching on your

research topic (you might use ERIC descriptors

or truncation: *)

Identify the newest measurement tool in your

topic using the Year field.

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EXERCISE 2:

Use the AVAILABILITY section of the test

record to find a test.

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TESTS AND

MEASURES

IN THE

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Tests and Measures in SS

This database contains information on

about 14,000 measures available in 139

compilation volumes.

There is a database version in

RefShare.

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https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1423/jaro2014/PSY494P122/43723478/


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Home Page: http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/testmeas.htm

Database: http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/test&meas/testmainframe.htm


[directory] means the item list tests which have been used in research. It does not necessarily contain the actual test or measurement it may include descriptive information only.

[tests], includes the tests under discussion in the text.

[directory; some tests], the item has information about tests under discussion and includes copies of some of them.

[index] does not include tests unless specifically noted.

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http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/test&meas/NotIndexed.htm


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http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/test&meas/NotIndexed.htm


Indexes and Abstracts databases

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http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/testmeas.htm#Indexes%20and%20Abstracts


Database

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http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/test&meas/testmainframe.htm


Collections examined

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http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/Test&meas/testmainframe.htm#Collections


Export all the database

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Export all the database (28460 records)

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Searching (site:libraries.uta.edu/helen/)

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www.google.com


EXERCISE 1:

Using the exact match search strategy in

Google, find and list all the books where the

Overt Aggression Scale is available in full text.

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Database: http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/test&meas/testmainframe.htm


EXERCISE 2:

Identify an instrument related to your topic.

Save the name of the instrument.

Save the source (reference) in Mendeley.

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http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/test&meas/testmainframe.htm

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MENTAL

MEASUREMENTS

YEARBOOK

Mental Measurements Yearbook

FREE: Find free information on over 3500

commercially available tests.

PAY-PER-VIEW: Get access to the test

reviews online, as they appear in the Mental

Measurements Yearbook series (fee:

USD$15,00 per test review)

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http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp


Search interface

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http://buros.org/review-samples


SEARCH:

Alphabetic Search: Alphabetical listing of test

titles

Category Search: Category listing of test titles

Keywords search: Search for keywords on test

titles, acronym, author, publisher, purpose,

scores.

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Search interface

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Alphabetical Listing

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Category Listing

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Open search

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Open search (results)

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Limited search

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Limited search (results)

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Record preview

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EXERCISE:

Try to identify the most suitable instrument for

your research.

Open the record and look for the section

Reviewed In.

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Health and Psychosocial Instruments

(HaPI)

Provides access to information on

approximately 15,000 measurement

instruments in the fields of health and

psychosocial sciences:

Medicine, nursing, public health, psychology,

social work, communication, sociology, and

organizational behavior/human resources.

Approximately 145,000 records.

The full-text of the instruments is not

included.

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http://www.bmdshapi.com/mission.html


(HaPI)

Types of instruments covered by HaPI:

Coverage: Since 1985

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http://www.bmdshapi.com/type_instruments.html


(HaPI)

Field codes available through OVID

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http://gateway.ovid.com/genr7.9/fldguide/hapidb.htm


(HaPI)

Field codes available through OVID

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http://gateway.ovid.com/genr7.9/fldguide/hapidb.htm

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PSYNDEX

PSYNDEXplus with TestFinder

The most comprehensive abstract (not full text)

database of psychological literature, audiovisual

media, intervention programs, and tests from the

German-speaking countries (30% translated in english)

Records of psychological publications from authors in

the German-speaking countries, audiovisual media,

and descriptions of intervention programs

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http://www.ovid.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=13051&catalogId=13151&langId=-

1&partNumber=Prod-140

PSYNDEXplus with TestFinder

Published by Zentrum fur Psychologische

Information und Dokumentation (ZPID) at the

University of Trier.

Coverage:

Literature: 1977 – Present (~215,000

records)

Audiovisual media: 1932 – Present (~2,000

records)

TESTS: 1945 – Present (~5,800 tests)

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http://www.ovid.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=13051&catalogId=13151&langId=-

1&partNumber=Prod-140

PSYNDEX via PubPsych

http://www.pubpsych.eu/

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PSYNDEX via PubPsych

aggression DB="PSYNDEX"

DT="TEST/Questionnaire"

http://www.pubpsych.eu/

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QUESTIONS?

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EXERCISE

UTA Database & BUROS Database

EXERCISE:

You found tests in UTA Database & BUROS

Database.

Now, use Google Scholar to find recent articles

related to your topic and that used any of those

instruments.

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http://scholar.google.com/

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READINGS:

Publication and citation analysis as a tool for

information retrieval (Goh & Foo, 2008)

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