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Psychological Tests & Mental Measurements

Guide to Finding Psychological Tests
An excellent place to start if you're not familiar with the resources for finding and securing psychological tests. This guide is intended to provide information on doing three things: (i) help identify tests suitable for particular research questions; (ii) help find information about a known test; (iii) help determine if a test is available at York University.

Getting information about and getting hold of tests can be complicated. For an introduction to finding psychological tests, including tests available at York University, see the Guide to Finding Psychological Tests.

Psychological tests (or mental measurements) are standardized evaluations administered to measure psychological variables such as intelligence, cognitive ability, personality, or emotional functioning. Tests can use written, visual or verbal methods, and are commonly used in the fields of psychology, education and management. Well known examples of psychological tests are: the Stanford-Binet (IQ) Test, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), and the Rorschach Ink Blot Test. The resources listed are two key resources; however, there are others.

PsycTESTS
A database that provides access to psychological tests, measures, scales, surveys, and other assessments as well as descriptive information about the test and its development and administration. Thus, it is a good place to start a search for non-commercial tests. When you access PsycTESTS, it is best to only select the checkbox for PsycTESTS. Uncheck the boxes to deactivate other databases that are available.
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Contains fulltext information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas as included in the printed Mental Measurements Yearbooks. Contains data from Yearbook 9 onwards.
Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI)
Provides ready access to information on measurement instruments (i.e., questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/ manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science.

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