Module 2 Lesson 3: Comprehensive List of Tests Flashcards
What are the comprehensive lists of tests?
- Education Testing Service (ETS)
- PsycTESTS
- Health and Psychological Instruments (HaPI)
What does ETS mean?
Education Testing Service
What does ETS have?
ETS has maintained an inventory of
tests for many years in a variety of
forms, including special book
collections and microfiche.
How can tests in the ETS Test Collection database be searched by?
Tests in the ETS Test Collection
database can be searched by test
title, author, commonly used initials
(acronyms), or key word descriptor
(i.e., names of variables or topics
such as anxiety or creativity), as
well as by several other mean
What is the PsycTESTS database?
It is a product of the American Psychological
Association launched in 2011and a database containing information about tests and, in some instances, the actual test.
What kind of tests do PsycTESTS concentrate on?
It concentrates on “unpublished” tests, that is,
those not commercially available but
appearing in some published source such as
a journal article.
How can PsycTESTS be accessed?
It can be accessed only by subscription through APA PsycNET.
PsycTESTS contains how many entries as of 2017?
As of 2017, PsycTESTS contained
approximately 50,000 entries
What is HaPI?
It is a database of descriptions for over
15,000 tests, rating scales,
questionnaires, and so on, drawn
principally from journal articles in
health sciences and psychosocial
science which does not have a hard copy version.
HaPI was prepared by what organization?
It was prepared by Behavioral
Measurements Database Services
(BMDS).
How can one avail services from HaPI?
It is available by subscription
only online from Ovid and EBSCO.
What is Tests in Print?
It is popularly known as TIP, is the sole hard-copy
entrant in our list of comprehensive sources
What does the TIP database attempt to do?
It attempts to list all tests that are commercially
published in English, that is, “published” tests
How many tests does TIP contain?
It contains entries for approximately 2,500 tests.
New editions appear every when for TIP?
New editions appear about every 3–5 years.
