NLSY Cognitive Tests ASVAB - Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Conduct tests on Mathematical Knowledge, Arithmetic Reasoning, Word Knowledge, and Paragraph Comprehension Highly correlated with other literacy tests Administered on computer - where questions vary based on answers (like GRE) - takes 1.5 hours PIAT Math Test - Peabody Individual Achievement Test Not designed for use as a diagnostic test Not designed to provide a highly precise assessment of achievement Widely used brief assessment of academic achievement Has high test-retest validity and concurrent validityNLS - Young Men Cognitive Tests California Test of Maturity Measures functional capacities to learning, problem-solving, and responding to new situations Requires 1.5 hours Otis/Beta/Gamma Measure mental ability, thinking power, or the degree of maturity Lorge-Thorndike Intelligence Test Henmon-Nelson Test - for children Attitudes Attitudes toward women working Attitudes about job satisfaction and commitment to workAdd Health Cognitive Tests Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test Designed for verbal ability and scholastic aptitude Test is given verbally - takes 20-30 minutes Wave IV - 2 Memory Recall Tests Psychological and Personality Questionshttp://www.cpc.unc.edu/projects/addhealth/codebooks/wave1 - see Adolescent In-School Questionnaire Look at questions for Wave 3 (ages 16-24) and Wave 4 (ages 24-32) CESD-R Depression Scale http://cesd-r.com/cesdr/ Wave IV - Big 5 personality dimensions

Women's Employment Study Numerous psychological questions Criteria for evaluation based on DSM-IV criteria

PSID Cognitive Tests Woodcock-Johnson Standard is 10 tests long Administered to children : Letter - Word Identification Test. Passage Comprehension Test. Applied Problems Test. Calculation Test Administered to primary caregiver - Passage Comprehension Test However, there existed a selection issue for completion In 1972 to head of household- Lorge-Thorndike Sentence Completion Test Robust measure of achievement across demographics, and other dimensions of cognitive skills and achievement (Veroff et al 1971) Proved superior to all other tests for people from different backgrounds Was single best measure of general intelligence for all population subgroups Psychological Tests K6 short screening scale http://www.hcp.med.harvard.edu/ncs/k6_scales.php Composite International Diagnostic Interview Also asked Psychological State Questions Personality Tests Achievement Motivation Questionnaire Risk Avoidance Personal EfficacyHRS Cognitive Tests Memory Immediate Word Recall Delayed Word Recall Mental Status Serial 7's Test Backwards Counting Date/Object Naming Vocabulary - from WAIS Depression Scale CESD-R

Other Cognitive Tests Woodcock-Johnson Brief Intellectual Ability http://www.riverpub.com/products/wjIIICognitive/details.html WAIS-R Ammons Quick Test Raven's Progressive Matrices Psychological Tests Mini-Mental State Exam Personality Tests "Grit" - facet of Conscientiousness http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~duckwort/images/12-item%20Grit%20Scale.05312011.pdf Locus of Control http://www.psych.uncc.edu/pagoolka/LocusofControl-intro.html Strengths Finder