SCATBI: General Information

Question 1

SCATBI: Target Population

Answer 1

Patients that have acquired brain damage

Question 2

For the SCATBI, what type of patient did the standardization sample primarily include?

Answer 2

Patients who had sustained closed-head injuries

Question 3

Materials Required: SCATBI

Answer 3

1. Manual
2. Record Form
3. Stimulus Cards
4. Stimulus Book
5. Stimulus Tape
6. CD Player
7. Pen/Pencil
8. Paper

Question 4

How many subtests does the SCATBI have? What are they?

Answer 4

1. 5 subtests
2. Perception and Discrimination
3. Orientation
4. Organization
5. Recall
6. Reasoning

Question 5

Can the SCATBI subtests be adminstered separately?

Answer 5

Yes

Question 6

The five scales in the SCATBI consist of small sets of very similiar items that vary somewhat in difficulty, plus a few indivdiual items that require more than one response. What are these items called?

Answer 6

Testlets

Question 7

A group of items related to a single content area that is developed as a unit and contains a fixed number of predetermined paths that an examinee may follow.

Answer 7

Testlets

Question 8

How many total testets does the SCATBI have?

Answer 8

41

Question 9

List the number of testlets per scale for the SCATBI (41/5).

Answer 9

Perception and Discrimination: 11 testlets
Orientation: 2 testlets
Organization: 8 testlets 
Recall: 9 testlets 
Reasoning: 11 testlets

Question 10

SCATBI: Organization of Manual

Answer 10

1Organized into 5 chapters:

1. Chapter 2: Provides a rationale for content & organization of the SCATBI
2. Chapter 4: Gives guidelines for:
   
   • Scoring the scales
   • Converting raw scores to normed scores
   • Interpreting SCATBI results
3. Chapter 5: Standardization & Technical Characteristics of test
4. Appendix: Norms Tables
5. Final Page: Master Grid - should be copied for patient’s use in answering the items in testlet II on the Reasoning Scale