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Psychometric characteristics of an instrument for measuring creative potential in preschool children
Author(s) -
Godwin Lisa J.,
Moran James D.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(199007)27:3<204::aid-pits2310270305>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - psychology , fluency , construct validity , psychometrics , developmental psychology , test validity , creativity , construct (python library) , intelligence quotient , reliability (semiconductor) , inter rater reliability , cognitive psychology , rating scale , social psychology , cognition , mathematics education , computer science , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , programming language
The purpose of this study was to provide psychometric data on the Multidimensional Stimulus Fluency Measure (MSFM). The MSFM is an instrument that uses ideational fluency tasks to measure creative potential in preschool children. Although the MSFM has been used in several studies, construct validity of the final form and a shortened form has not been demonstrated previously, and no scoring protocols have been available. This study investigated the construct validity of both forms based on the criteria of a creativity/intelligence distinction, intertask correlations higher than correlations to measures of IQ, the relationship of quantity of responses to their quality, and the existence of a response hierarchy such that popular responses occur early and original responses later in the sequence. In addition, scoring protocols were evaluated and shown to have high interscorer reliability.