What are psychological tests?
Psychological tests (also known as mental measurements, psychological instruments, psychometric tests, inventories, rating scales) are standardized measures of particular psychological variable such as personality, intelligence, or emotional functioning. They often consist of a series of questions that subjects rank as true or false, or according to a Likert-type scale (agree, somewhat agree...), however tests can also use written, visual, or verbal methods.
Provides information on over 27,000 psychological tests, measures, and other assessment tools.
Provides information on both commercial and unpublished tests.
More than 70 percent of the records contain the actual test, either in full or part.
Most are in PDF; however, some are multimedia.
Links to peer-reviewed journal articles that include further information
APA has gathered these tests from a variety of sources:
Directly from authors who wish others to use their tests in research.
Peer reviewed journals for which APA has rights or permission to use.
Books and handbooks.
Dissertations.
Websites.
Commercial psychological tests/measures require a fee to access them, you will also likely require professional credentials.
Library resources provide helpful descriptive and evaluative information about commercial tests.
Unpublished/non-commercial tests are free to access, but you may require permission from the test creator(s) to use or obtain the test.
Information about both commercial and unpublished and psychological tests is amply available, including journal articles that discuss the application and scoring of a particular test.
In many cases, you may be able to track down the test or measure itself of unpublished tests, but without the scoring key or manual.
You can find a selection of tests with scoring keys that are available to general researchers.
The Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) is a reference book series containing information and critical appraisals of English-language educational and psychological tests. The book's purpose is to provide a forum for the review of new tests and to allow consumers to identify the most appropriate test for their needs.
The Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY)
Typical MMY test entries include descriptive information, two professional reviews, and reviewer references. To be reviewed in the MMY a test must be commercially available, be published in the English language, and be new, revised, or widely used since it last appeared in the MMY series. Beginning in The Fourteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook, tests also must include sufficient documentation supporting their technical quality to meet criteria for review.
You can find the current edition at the Circulation Desk in the Lodi Campus Library, and all previous versions in the stacks.
Here is a comprehensive index of all tests reviewed in the MMY series. Find citation information here.
