Abstract:Introduction: The EFPA Questionnaire on Test Attitudes of Psychologists (EQTAP) is periodically employed to gather the opinions of European psychologists. A decade after the prior study, Poland and other EFPA member states participated in a ...
Test evaluation: Summary and restartAbstract. With rising acceptance and application of tests in the German-speaking countries there is also an increase in the need for information about these instruments. The range of available test information and ...
Summary: The two main sources of errors in educational and psychological evaluation are the lack of adequate technical and psychometric characteristics of the tests, and especially the failure to properly implement the testing process. The main goal of ...
Summary: The paper describes why we need guidelines on test use and why, in particular, we need international agreement on what these guidelines should be. The work of the International Test Commission (ITC) is described and the ITC's International ...
Summary: Tests constitute one of the technological tools most frequently used by psychologists in their professional practice. Like any other scientific technology, tests can be used both in appropriate and inappropriate ways. Currently, various ...
The paper describes the current British Psychological Society (BPS) approach to the development of professional test user qualifications through the use of a competence-based approach to the certification of test users. The rationale is described and ...
An investigation by the Canadian Psychological Association was undertaken to examine the effectiveness of the two major safeguards that the North American test industry normally employs to help protect the public against test misuse. The outcome of this ...
Current test use with children and youth, principally by school or educational psychologists, is reviewed. Issues discussed include the status of the specialty of school psychology, a brief history of educational and psychological testing, traditional ...
This study examined a range of issues relating to testing and test use in 36 countries. It also explored attitudes towards issues relating to competence in test use. Respondents included representatives of professional psychological associations, test ...
Abstract. Tests constitute one of the techniques most widely used by psychologists for assessment, evaluation, decision-making, and diagnosis. Like any other scientific technique, tests can be used correctly or incorrectly. Given increasing globalization ...
Translated but unstandardised psychological instruments are widely used in non-English speaking countries. For many of these instruments meagre information is available on the method of translation, extent of adaptations, reliability, validity and other ...