Tests and Measures: Selected Web Resources
This is a brief guide to locating tests/scales and related information on the World Wide Web. Be sure to check out the reliability and validity for any full-text instrument on the Web. For some excellent full-text print sources, consult How to Find Tests, Scales and Instruments.
EXCELLENT WEB RESOURCES ABOUT TESTS
- FAQ/Finding Information about Pychological Tests (American Psychological Association)
- The Buros Institute of Mental Measurement: Test Reviews Online
- Using PsycINFO to Find Tests and Measures
- Testing & Assessments (General information page of the American Psychological Association)
ETHICS AND CONDUCT STATEMENTS
- Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education (American Psychological Association)
- Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (American Psychological Association)
- Statement on the Use of Secure Psychological Tests in the Education of Graduate and Undergraduate Psychology Students (American Psychological Association )
TEST REVIEWS/TEST PUBLISHERS
- Buros Test Review Locator (Most of these reviews are available to CSU Stanislaus students at no charge via Mental Measurements Yearbook
- Mental Measurements Yearbook (CSU Stanislaus login required)
- How to Use the Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros Institute)
- How to Use Tests in Print (Buros Institute)
- Other Useful "How To" Guides from Buros (leading publisher of test reviews)
STARTING POINT FOR LOCATING TESTS
- ETS
Test Link
Descriptions of over 25,000 tests and availability information (freely downloadable, printed in a journal article, available for purchase online). Over 1,000 tests are freely to download directly from the site.
- Mental Measurements Yearbook
Index to commercial tests, including summaries of reviews (validity/reliability information) and where a specific test can be purchased. (Requires current CSU Stanislaus login.)
EXAMPLES OF FULL-TEXT TESTS/SCALES ON THE WWW
Attachment Scales
- Adolescent Relationship Questionnaire (RSQ)
- Adolescent Relationship Scales Questionnaire (RSQ)
- Relationship Questionnaire
- Relationship Scales Questionnaire (RSQ)
Other Scales
- CAPS Instruments (Center for AIDS Prevention Studies)
- Generalized Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale (Ralf Schwarzer)
- Geriatric Depression Scale (Yesavage)
- Goldberg Mood Scales
- Online Depression Screening Test (NYU Dept. of Psychiatry)
- Online Screening Test for Anxiety (NYU Dept. of Psychiatry)
- Psychological
Maltreatment of Women Inventory
Female and short version available online.