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Research Library: TESTS & MEASUREMENTS REFERENCE SHELF
Measurement is the process observing and recording the observations that are collected as part of a research effort. There are two major issues to consider in measurement. First, you have to understand the fundamental ideas involved in measuring, e.g. levels of measurement, reliability of measurement. Second, you have to know the different types of measures that you might use in social sciences/health services research. There are basically four broad categories of measurements: survey research includes the design and implementation of interviews and questionnaires.; scaling involves consideration of the major methods of developing and implementing a scale, qualitative research provides an overview of the broad range of non-numerical measurement approaches, and unobtrusive measures presents a variety of measurement methods that don't intrude on or interfere with the context of the research. This page was created to provide more online access to test descriptions and citations, research textbooks, and other essential tools.
Test and Measures Databases | Online Tests & Assessments | Research Methods Textbooks & Articles | Tools | Journals
Test and Measures Databases
- ERIC Test Locator has been closed.
- ETS Test Collection
- Buros Mental Measurements Yearbook
Restricted to current USF faculty, staff, and students. The online equivalent of the Buros Mental Measurements Yearbook. [Buros Institute - University of Nebraska-Lincoln]
- Buros Test Reviews online (FREE)
Database can be searched to find reviews. Citation includes test title, authour, acronym, purpose, publisher and address, and book/journal in which it was reviewed. The actual reviews must be purchased.
Online Tests & Assessments
- Alcoholism Treatment Assessment Instruments (NIAAA)
[PDF] & [HTML] formats. A variety of tests available, some online tests must have permission from their authors before being used in clinical research.
- Language Access Questionnaire for Managed Care Contractors that Receive Federal Funding
[PDF format]. designed to survey managed care contractors' ability to provide linguistically accessible health care services. The questions in this assessment tool are guided by requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. The NCQA standards are also incorporated into this tool..
- A Pre-Assessment Guide for Evaluating The Social-Emotional Skills of African American Children in Head Start and Day Care Pre-School Programs
This guide is designed to be used by pre-school Program Directors in their developing of curricula for their student population and for pre-school teachers in the planning of yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily planning of activities that include a focus on the socio-emotional skills of African American children.
- Wisconsin Quality of Life Index: Quality of Life Assessment Manual
Includes questionnaires, validity, cultural appropriateness, and taxonomy of goals.
- Turing Test Page
Research Methods Textbooks & Articles
- Knowledge Base: an online research methods textbook: covers levels of measurement, reliability, validity, scaling, scoring, types of research, design, data analysis & beginning statistics.
- The Basics of Item Response Theory (Baker, Frank - 2001, 180 pages, PDF).
- Evidence and Inference in Educational Assessment (Mislevy, Robert J. - 1996, 63 pages, PDF)
- Questions To Ask When Evaluating Tests
- User-Friendly Handbook for Mixed Method Evaluations (Frechtling, Joy & Laure Sharp (eds) -1997)
Tools
- Statistical Calculators Includes power, regression and GLM, correlation and regression, sample size, and more.
- Psychology With Style:
A hypertext guide to writing research reports for students and instructors of experimental and research methods courses. Version 2, © 1997
- Research Randomizer
Customizable, user-friendly tool for random sampling and assignment
- On-line, Interactive, Computer Adaptive Testing Tutorial
- Item response theory (IRT) tutorial
- Estimation Toolkit for Item Response Models (ETIRM) (SourceForge)
- IRT Command Language (ICL)
Measurement Decision Theory (Rudner, Lawrence M.; University of Maryland)
Journals
- Applied psychological measurement USF ONLY
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The British journal of mathematical and statistical psychology USF ONLY
- Evaluation & the health professions USF ONLY
- Health and Quality of Life Outcomes FREE
- Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods FREE
- Journal of testing and evaluation Table of Contents Only
- Multivariate behavioral research USF ONLY
- Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation (PARE) FREE
- Rasch Measurement Transactions FREE
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