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Intelligence test scores as a function of variation in test administration procedure
Author(s) -
Mishra Shitala P.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198307)39:4<603::aid-jclp2270390425>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - psychology , test (biology) , variation (astronomy) , function (biology) , administration (probate law) , clinical psychology , statistics , mathematics , evolutionary biology , paleontology , physics , astrophysics , political science , law , biology
Scores of 40 young S s on the six subtests of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities when administered by a trained examiner were compared with those obtained from mechanically administered tests. S s were given half the items of six verbal subtests by an examiner and half by machine. Scores obtained under these two modes of presentation were analyzed using Lindquist's Type V “mixed” design. The two administrations did not produce significant differences in performance except for the Words and Sentences subtest. Scores on the Word and Sentences subtest, when given by examiner, were significantly higher than when administered mechanically. Order of testing produced significant variation in test performance, with scores being higher when tested by examiner first than when the test was first administered by machine.