Write at least five pages, following APA formatting, identifing a test category relevant to a chosen specialization or profession. Within this category, identify three tests and compare and contrast the tests bases on its purpose, sampling procedures, and training.
Download the Assessment 1 Template: Evaluation of Test Purpose, Population, and Training [DOCX] and use it as the basis of your assessment. The template contains instructions to guide you through each element of the assessment.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
- Identify a test category that is relevant to your academic specialization or a related profession. The List of Tests by Type [DOCX] identifies the 11 categories you may choose from. They include:
- Intelligence/cognitive abilities.
- Achievement/aptitude.
- Personality.
- Behavior.
- Adaptive behavior.
- Neuropsychological.
- Career/business/organization.
- Autism.
- Depression.
- Preschool.
- Behavior analytic skill assessments.
- Select three tests from a single category using the List of Tests by Type [DOCX].
- Note: If you have an interest in a particular test that is not on this list, then you may submit a request to your instructor to include it in your first assessment with two other tests on the list in the same category. Your instructor will review it and determine if you may proceed with including that test in your assessment or recommend that you select three tests from the list.
- Compare and contrast these three tests based on the following:
- The purpose for testing, the content, skills, or constructs assessed and evaluated based on one’s area of specialization or a related profession.
- The normative sample, sampling procedures, and the intended population and evaluation based on the anticipated populations served by one’s specialization or related profession.
- The training required to administer, score, and interpret and evaluate based on one’s anticipated assessment training or the training of a related profession.
- References: A minimum of NINE references is required for this assessment. These resources may include all of the reference sources identified in your Psychological Testing and Assessment text but must include:
- Three journal articles (one for each test).
- Three test publisher websites (one for each test).
- If there is no test publisher website for a selected test, you must substitute this with another type of source.
- Three MMY test reviews (one for each test if available). If an MMY review is not available for one or more of your selected tests, you must substitute it with another type of source.
- Length of paper: A minimum of five double-spaced pages of content, not including the title page or references (an abstract is NOT required).
- Font and font-size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
- APA format: Current APA format and style is required throughout. Refer to Academic Writer for guidance on APA style and format as you prepare all of your assessments for this course.