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The Reliability of the Brook Reaction Test
Author(s) -
KLINE PAUL
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1969.tb00592.x
Subject(s) - test (biology) , reliability (semiconductor) , temperament , psychology , internal consistency , consistency (knowledge bases) , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychometrics , computer science , personality , artificial intelligence , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
Two previous studies (Heim & Watts, 1966; Heim et al. , 1967) have shown the Brook Reaction test to be a most promising instrument for the measurement of interests and certain aspects of temperament. However, because it is a form of word‐association test and is thus open‐ended, information concerning its reliability is essential, especially if it is to be used in practice, e.g. guidance or counselling, with individuals. There is one further point: this test is long (80 items) and is time‐consuming to score, even for experienced markers. It is possible that if the internal consistency were high, the test could be shortened without any loss of validity. It was therefore decided to examine the split‐half reliability of all the scales in the Brook test—both those concerned with interests and those with temperament.