Review of standardization sample/norming process

SIGNATURE ASSIGNMENT #1
TEST REVIEW PAPER: Valued at 75 points
DIRECTIONS: Each student will complete a comprehensive test review of an assessment instrument commonly used in clinical practice. The instructor will assign and/or the student will select ONE standardized assessment instrument from a list provided by the instructor and the student will research the important components of this instrument. The student will write a comprehensive analysis of the instrument in a four (4) page paper (using APA format) and the paper must include information properly cited from at least three (3) reputable sources.
Learning Objective: The purpose of this assignment is to allow students to demonstrate an understanding of the components necessary to determine the appropriateness of an assessment tool.
IMPORTANT: The test review paper must include the following information and it is suggested that you format your paper in such a way that each of the following represents a HEADING in the body of your Test Review Paper:
• Test publisher information
• Requirements for purchasing the test from the publisher
• Cost of the test
• Test administrator/user qualifications
• Time to administer
• Review of standardization sample/norming process
• Review of reliability and validity
• Limitations of the test (e.g., groups for which the assessment may not be appropriate)
• Ethical/legal considerations
Students should use the following sources at a minimum:
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Peer reviewed journal articles
Test publisher website
The Assessment Instrument List from which students will select ONE instrument to review for the completion of Signature Assignment #1:
Beck Anxiety Inventory
Beck Depression Inventory
Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation
Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test, Second Edition
LSAT—Law School Admission Test
Michigan Alcohol Screening Test (MAST)
Miller Analogies Test (MAT)
Million Clinical Multi-Axial Inventory III
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2
Myers Briggs Type Indicator
RESO-HUDSON Enneagram Indicator
Symptom Checklist 90-Revised (SCL-90 R )
Self-Directed Search, Fifth Edition (SDS)
Stanford Achievement Test
Strong Interest Inventory (SII)
Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (SASSI-3)
The Rorschach Inkblot Test
Trauma Symptom Inventory-2,
Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV)
Woodcock-Johnson Achievement Test
Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities, Fourth Ed. (WJ-IV)
After choosing ONE instrument from the list above, students are to follow the assignment’s instructions for Signature Assignment #1, and please also be sure to refer to the grading rubric found in the course syllabus.

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