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Tests that are widely used in education, counseling, and industry tend to be published and commercially available from test publishers.
Many tests, however, are unpublished and created primarily for research purposes. This section provides some sources for these non-commericial tests, questionnaires, surveys, scales, and other measures.
Table of Contents:
Business and Marketing
- Experience of Work: A Compendium and Review of 249 Measures and Their Use
• Location: Haggard 3 -Books HF5549.5.A83 E9 1981
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This book contains 249 measures of work including coverage of leadership style, overall job satisfaction, specific satisfactions, alienation and commitment, and work values. Each section is introduced with a bibliographic essay outlining research use of the instruments. The book also has an extensive bibliography and index of scales and sub-scales.
- Handbook of marketing scales : multi-item measures for marketing and consumer behavior research / Bearden, William O., 1945-
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HF5415.3 .B323 1999
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List of full-text measures included in this book.
This is a comprehensive handbook of multi-item scales, with directions on how to use them provides an overview of the development of multi-item scales. The remaining chapters include scales on leading topics important to marketing research: individual behavior; values; information processing; reactions to advertising stimuli; attitudes and ethics; and sales and sales management practices. Each of the 124 scales is presented in a format which include the construct, description, development, samples, validity, scores, source, other evidence, other sources, references and scale items. The actual measurement item is included.
- Marketing scales handbook : a compilation of multi-item measures / Bruner, Gordon C., 1954-
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HF5415.3 .B785 1992
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Communication
- Communication research measures : a sourcebook
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference P91.3 .C62 1994
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List of full-text measures included in this book.
This book is a comprehensive review of quantitative measures used within the areas of instructional, interpersonal, mass, and organizational communication. Part Two, consists of "profiles" of more than 60 scales. Listed alphabetically, these profiles offer measures of satisfaction, credibility, affect, conflict, and media use, to name just a few. Each profile includes background information on the scale, evaluation of its reliability and validity, its strengths and weaknesses, references to studies in which the scale has been employed, and in most cases the actual scale itself.
Education
- Handbook of tests and measurement in education and the social sciences / Lester, Paula E.
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference LB3051 .L4543 1997
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- Mirrors for behavior II: An anthology of observation instruments
• Location: Wilson 4E -Books-Oversize LB 1131.5 .S552
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- Mirrors for behavior III
• Location: Wilson 4E -Books LB 1131.5 S553
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The two Mirrors for Behavior volumes include a total of 178 observational instruments, describing communication in learning environments and group dynamics.
- Tests in microfiche / Educational Testing Service
• Location: Wilson 2W - Microfiche LB3051 .T452
Annotated Index LB 3051 .T452 index (Wilson 2 West - Microform Index)
• Dates covered: 1975 - present
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An annual microfiche service collecting 25 to 100 tests not otherwise published. Users are cautioned that unlike commercially published tests, these tests have not been reviewed or evaluated. Tests are accessed with an annotated paper index (above). Brief descriptions of the tests are given in a numerical section along with identification numbers, title, and author. Author, title, and subject indexes provide access to this section, and to the actual tests. Tests are located on microfiche along with information on administration and scoring. Note: see ETS TestLink for online indexing of this collection.
Health Sciences
Political Sciences
- Measures of political attitudes
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference JA74.5 .R6 1998
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List of full-text measures included in this book.
This book takes an in-depth look at the reliability and validity of major political measures, as well as discussing issues of scale construction and interpretation. Included are actual scale items or complete measures. Coverage includes such areas as embracing public opinion polls; racial, ethnic, international, and religious attitudes; responses to advertising campaigns; and alienation from politics, party identification, and participation. See older version (1968): JA 74.5 .R6 - Oversize
Physical Education and Sports
- A comprehensive guide to sports skills tests and measurement / Collins, D. Ray.
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference GV436 .C58 2001
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Psychology
- A compendium of neuropsychological tests : administration, norms, and commentary / Spreen, Otfried.
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference RC386.6.N48 S67 1991
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This book contains a collection of the most common measures used by the Victoria Neuropsychology Laboratory (Victoria, BC) including cognitive; achievement; attention and memory; language; visual, visuomotor, and auditory; tactile, tactile-visual, and tactile-motor; motor; and adaptive behavior and personality test.
- Evaluating Stress; A Book of Resources
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference RC 455.4 .S87 E83 1997
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Between the two volumes 59 stress evaluation instruments are examined. Included are key references for finding the measure, psychometrics and instruction for use. Example of items from the instruments are frequently provided.
- Handbook of assessment in clinical gerontology
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference RC451.4.A5 H358 1999
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- Measures of personality and social psychological attitudes
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference BF698.4 .M38 1990
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List of full-text measures included in this book.
A comprehensive guide to tests used in the social sciences. Actual scale items or complete measures along with scoring instructions are given when possible. This publication updates the book listed below. Measures are grouped in the following chapters: Measures of Subjective Well-Being; Measures of Self-Esteem; Social Anxiety, Shyness, and related Constructs; Measures of Depression and Loneliness; Alienation and Anomie; Interpersonal Trust and Attitudes toward Human Nature; Locus of Control; Authoritarianism and Related Constructs; Sex Roles: The Measurement of Masculinity, Femininity, and Androgyny; and Values. See also older version (1973): HM 251.R729 1973 (Haggard 3)
- Measures for clinical practice : a sourcebook / Fischer, Joel.
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference BF176 .C66 1994
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Fisher and Corcoran describe the essentials of measurement and have collected the most current and satisfactory measures used in clinical practice, concentrating on quick assessments of under 50 items.
- Measures for Clinical Practice and Research: A Sourcebook; Volume 1: Couples, Families, and Children / Corcoran, Kevin
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference BF 176 .C66 2007 v. 1
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- Measuring violence-related attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors among youths : a compendium of assessment tools
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference RJ506.A35 M43 1998;HE 20.7952:V 81
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Online version. List of full-text assessment tools included in this book.
Ref. RJ 506 .A35 M43 1998
A collection of over 100 measures intended primarily for young people between the ages of 11 and 20 years, to assess factors such as attitudes toward violence, aggressive behavior, conflict resolution strategies, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and exposure to violence. Also included are a number of tools developed for use with children between the ages of 5 and 10 years, to measure factors such as aggressive fantasies, beliefs supportive of aggression, attributional biases, prosocial behavior, and aggressive behavior.
- Objective personality & motivation tests: a theoretical introduction and practical compendium
• Location: Haggard 3 -Books-Oversize BF 698.5 .C3
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- Scales for the measurement of attitudes
• Location: Haggard Rm 233 - Books BF 378.A75 S45
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This book contains 17 scales related to social practices, politics, religions, ethnic and national groups, significant others, and social institutions. Scales are evaluated and presented in full. An extensive bibliography is included.
- Sourcebook of adult assessment strategies / Schutte, Nicola S.
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference RC473.P78 S38 1995
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List of full-test measures included in this book.
Assessments for adult functioning are presented in broad diagnostic categories (from DSM-IV) such as Anxiety Disorders or Eating Disorders. Seventy plus widely used measures are featured. Each test entry has Purpose and Development, Administration and Scoring, Sample Scores, Reliability, and Validity. Copies of the measures follow the entry information.
Sociology
- Handbook of scales for research in crime and delinquency
• Location: Haggard 3 -Books HV 9274 .B76 1983
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List of full-text scales included in this book.
This handbook includes 184 research instruments and scales for crime and delinquency. Each entry gives references for further study.
- Handbook of sexuality-related measures
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HQ60 .H36 1998
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List of full-text measures included in this book.
Over 197 instuments are reproduced with information for their use in research, as well as educational and clinical settings. Measured are sexuality-related states, traits, behaviors, and outcomes. Topics include abortion, aging, general and specific attitudes and behavior, contraception, dysfunctions, education, gender identity, homosexuality, ideology, jealousy, rape, and sexually transmitted diseases.
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