TABLE MATRICES OF TESTS

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Level B: Psychometricians & Psychologists
Level C: Psychologists only

INDIVIDUAL TEST ADMINISTRATION (VERBAL AND NON-VERBAL TESTS)

Name of Test Age Group Test Level Type Developer Description

Stanford-Binet 2-89 years old C Intelligence Janzen, H., Individually administered

Intelligence Obrzut, J., &
Scale-Fifth Edition Marusiak, C. Norm-referenced of cognitive
(SB-5) (2004) abilities

Administered by clinicians
First translated
Scales: Verbal, Nonverbal and
by Lewis
Full Scale (FSIQ)
Terman (1916)
Nonverbal and Verbal
Cognitive Factors: Fluid
Reasoning, Knowledge,
First developed Quantitative Reasoning,
by Alfred Binet Visual-Spatial Processing, and
and Theodore Working Memory
Simon
Early SB-5 provides lower
cost version of the test for
preschool assessment
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Useful for measuring
individuals with
scores in both giftedness and
intellectual disability ranges

Useful for assessing persons

with limited English
proficiency, deaf and
hard of hearing conditions,
nonverbal disabilities, ADHD,
traumatic brain injury, and
ASD

Provides only a single general

intelligence score

Wechsler 6 years - 16 years C Intelligence David Wechsler Individually administered

Intelligence Scale and 11 months
for Children Fifth 10 Primary subtests are
Edition (WISC-V) recommended for
comprehensive description of
intellectual ability

6 Secondary subtests can be

administered in addition to
primary subtests to provide a
broader sampling of
intellectual functioning
and to yield more information
for clinical decision making
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It is possible for intellectual
abilities to change over the
course of childhood
due to motivation, attention,
interest, and opportunities for
learning

Provides subtest and

composite scores that
represent intellectual
functioning in specific
cognitive domains, as well as a
composite score that
represents the general
intellectual ability

Wechsler Adult 16 years - 90 years C Intelligence David Wechsler Designed to measure

Intelligence Scale old and 11 months intelligence and cognitive
(WAIS-IV) ability in adults and older
adolescents

Developed to address
weaknesses in Stanford-Binet

Contains some time subtests

Provides a number of different

scores

10 core subjects, 5
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supplemental subtests

4 Major Scores: Perceptual

Reasoning, Processing Speed,
Verbal Comprehension,
Working Memory

Provides two overall summary

scores including Full-Scale IQ
and General Ability Index

Frequently used intelligence

test

Assess cognitive functioning

in people
with psychiatric conditions

Assess functioning in people

with brain injury

Evaluating patterns of brain

dysfunction

Diagnostic Purposes

Wechsler 2 years and 6 C Intelligence David Wechsler Individually administered,

Preschool and months - 7 years norm-referenced instrument
Primary School and 7 months
Scale of Short, game-like tasks that
Intelligence engage young children
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Fourth Edition
(WPPSI-IV)

GROUP TEST ADMINISTRATION (NON-VERBAL TESTS)

Name of test Age group Test level Type Developer Description

Colored 5 years - 11 years B Intelligence John Raven Used to assess the degree to which
Progressive (1936) children and adults can think
Matrices (CPM) clearly,
or the level to which their
intellectual
abilities have deteriorated

12-items

Individual or by group

Raven’s 4 years - 90 years B Intelligence John Raven Provides clear-thinking ability and
Progressive intellectual capacity that
Matrices (RPM) minimizes
the impacts of language skills and
cultural differences

Multiple choice intelligence test

of
abstract reasoning
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Group test

Standard 6 years - 16 years; B Intelligence John Raven More difficult that CPM
Progressive 17 years & older
Matrices (SPM) Appropriate for children and teens
with each item becoming
progressively more difficult

Advanced 12+ years B Intelligence John Raven Geared towards adults and
Progressive teenagers of advanced intelligence
Matrices (APM)
40-60 mins

Culture Fair Scale 1: 4-8 years B Intelligence Raymond Nonverbal instrument to measure
Intelligence Test Scale 2: 8-14 years Cattell your analytical and reasoning
(CFIT) Scale 3: 14+ years (1949) ability in the abstract and novel
situations

Measures individual intelligence

in a manner designed to reduced,
as
much as possible, the influence of
culture

Individual or by group

Aids in the identification of

learning problems and helps in
making more reliable and
informed decisions in relation to
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the special education needs of
children

Other uses: selection of students

qualified for accelerated
educational programs, advising
students, increasing effective of
vocational and guidance decisions

Purdue 13+ years B Intelligence Joseph Designed to measure mental

Non-Language Tiffin, ability, since it consists entirely of
Test (PNLT) Allen geometric forms
Gruder,
and Kay Culture-fair
Inaba
(1958) Self-administering

Panukat ng 16+ years Intelligence Aurora R. Basis for screening, classifying,

Katalinuhang Palacio, and identifying needs that will
Pilipino (PKP) Ed.D. (1991) enhance the learning process

In business, it is utilized as
predictors of occupational
achievement by
gauging applicant’s ability and
fitness for a particular job

Essential for determining one’s

capacity to handle the challenges
associated with certain degree
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programs

Subtests: Vocabulary, Analogy,

Numerical Ability, Nonverbal
Ability

Differential 16+ years B Aptitude George K. Used to determine and measures

Aptitude Test Bennet, individual’s ability to acquire,
(DAT) Harrold G. through future training, some
Seashore, specific set of skills
Alexander
G. Wesman Verbal Reasoning, Numerical
(1947) Ability, Abstract Reasoning,
Grade 7 and older Spelling, and
Language Use

Individual or group

Thurstone Test of Adults Ability Louis Leon Four Job-Related Tasks assessed
Mental Awareness Thurstone by TMA Test: Adjusting to new
(TMA) (1943) situations, learning new skills
quickly, understanding complex or
subtle relationships, thinking
flexibly

Wonderlic Adults Ability Eldon F. Assessing cognitive ability and

Cognitive Ability Wonderlic problem-solving aptitude of
Tests (Wonderlic (1939) prospective employees
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Personnel Test) Multiple choice, answered in 12
[WPT-R/WCAT] minutes

Watson Glaser 20 years - 64 years Goodwin Designed to assess a person’s

Critical Thinking Watson and critical thinking abilities and is
Test (WGTA) Edward widely used across legal practices
Glaser
(1964) Helps law firms to create shortlist
of candidates deemed likely to
have what it takes for training

Assesses ability for critical

thinking, creating conclusions,
analyzing strong and weak
arguments, recognizing
assumptions, and evaluating
arguments

Multiple choice

Flanagan Adults A Aptitude John C. use for personnel selection

Industrial Tests Flanagan programs, based on the identified
job elements

Job Elements: Arithmetic,

Assembly, Components,
Coordination, Electronics,
Expression, Ingenuity,
Inspection, Judgment and
Comprehension, Mathematics and
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Reasoning, Mechanics, Memory,
Patterns, Planning, Precision,
Scales, Tables, Vocabulary

Individual and Group

Administration

Philippine 14 - 15 years Aptitude Center for Developed to measure student’s

Aptitude Educational abilities and help students decide
Classification Test System (Ma. on the course they will take after
(PACT) Lourdes M. high school
Franco)
Assumes that aptitudes are
required in different combinations
and in varying degrees for
successful performance in
different post-secondary courses

18 subtests

Individual or by group

Otis-Lennon 5 years - 18 years C Ability Arthur designed to assess general mental

School Ability Test Sinton Otis ability or scholastic aptitude of
(OLSAT) and Roger pupils
T. Lennon
Individual or by group

Identify gifted children

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Armed Services Aptitude Most widely used aptitude test in
Vocational US
Aptitude Battery
(ASVAB) multiple-aptitude battery that
measures developed abilities and
helps predict future academic and
occupational success in the
military

PERSONALITY INVENTORY TESTS/PROJECTIVE TESTS

Name of test Age group Test level Type Developer Description

Minnesota 18 years & C Personality Starke R. Multiphasic personality inventory

Multiphasic older Hathaway and intended for used with both clinical
Personality Inventory J.C. McKinley and normal populations to identify
(MMPI-2) sources of maladjustment and
personal strengths

Self-report

567 true or false questions

60-90 minutes

Help in diagnosing mental health

disorders
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Clinical Scales: Hypochondriasis,
Depression, Hysteria, Psychopathic
Deviate, Masculinity/Femininity,
Paranoia, Psychasthenia (Anxiety,
Depression, OCD), Schizophrenia,
Hypomania, Social Introversion

High in L scale = faking good

High in F scale = faking bad,

severe distress or psychopathology

K Scale = reveals a person’s

defensiveness around certain
questions and traits

“Cannot Say” (CNS) Scale =

measures how a person doesn’t
answer a test item

True Response Inconsistency

(TRIN) = five true, then five false
answers

Varied Response Inconsistency

(VRIN) = random true or false

Fp Scale = reveal intentional or

unintentional over-reporting
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FBS Scale = “symptom validity
scale” designed to detect
intentional over-reporting of
symptoms

S Scale = Superlative
Self-Presentation to see if you
intentionally distort answers to
look better

Basic Personality Adults & C Personality Douglas N. Self-report measure of the general
Inventory (BPI) adolescents Jackson (1996) domain of psychopathology

240 true/false items, 11 substantive

clinical scales and one critical item
scale

35mins

Dimensions: Alienation, Anxiety,

Denial, Depression, Deviation,
Hypochondriasis, Impulse
Expression, Interpersonal
Problems, Persecutory Ideas,
Self-Depreciation, Social
Introversion, Thinking Disorder

Myers-Briggs Type 13+ years B Personality Isabel Myers, Self-report inventory designed to
Indicator (MBTI) Katherine identify a person’s personality
Briggs (1943) type, strengths, and preferences
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Allow respondents to further
explore and understand their own
personalities

Edward’s Preference Adults B Personality, Allen L. Objective, forced-choice inventory

Personality Schedule Attitude Edwards (1959) for assessing the relative
(EPPS) importance that an individual
places on 15 personality variables

Useful in personal counselling and

with non-clinical adults

Individual

NEO Personality 17 - 89 years B Personality Paul T. Costa, Standard questionnaire measure of

Inventory (NEO PI-R) Robert McCrae the Five Factor Model, provides
systematic assessment of
emotional, interpersonal,
experiential, attitudinal,
and motivational styles

Self-administered

30-40mins

NEO Five Factor 12+ years B Personality Paul T. Costa, Shorter, 60-item inventory that
Inventory (NEO-FF-I) Robert McCrae measures 5 broad dimensions only
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Pictorial Self-Concept 3 - 13 years Personality Jack Joseph Allows clinician to measure self-
Scale for Children concept in children as young as 3
(PSC)
Identifies children with negative
self-appraisal put them at risk for
academic and behavioral
difficulties

Let youngster respond using

pictures rather than words

Children are shown pairs of

illustrations representing common
self-appraisal situations and are
asked to choose between a picture
representing negative and positive
self-concept

Can be used to evaluate

psychological and educational
interventions

Panukat ng Ugali at 12 - 18 years Personality Virgilio G. Indigenous personality test

Pagkatao/Panukat ng Enriquez & Ma.
Pagkataong Pilipino Angeles C. Tap specific values, traits and
(PUP) Guanzon behavioral dimensions related or
meaningful to the study of
Filipinos

30 minutes
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Millon Clinical 18 years & C Personality Theodore Millon Self-report assessment used to help
Multiaxial Inventory older diagnose and treat personality
Fourth Edition disorders
(MCMI-IV)
Measures: Typical Functioning,
Abnormal Types/Traits, Disordered

Sixteen Personality 16 years & Personality Raymond Evaluates a personality on two

Factor Questionnaire older Cattell (1946) levels of traits
(16PF)
Primary Scales: Warmth,
Reasoning,
Emotional Stability, Dominance,
Liveliness, Rule-Consciousness,
Social Boldness, Sensitivity,
Vigilance, Abstractedness,
Privateness, Apprehension,
Openness to change, Self-Reliance,
Perfectionism, Tension

Global Scales: Extraversion,

Anxiety, Tough-Mindedness,
Independence, Self-Control

INTEREST TESTS

Name of test Age group Test level Type Developer Description

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Strong Campbell 13+ years Interest Edward Composed of 325 items with each
Interest Inventory Strong piece referring to an activity
Test (SCII) Jr., David
Campbell Classifies testtakers into 6 general
(1927) occupational themes based on the
theory of John L. Holland (RIASEC)

Thurstone Interest Adults A Interest/Aptitude Louis L. Checklist by which a persona can

Schedule Thurstone systematically clarify his
(1947) understanding of his vocational
interests

Designed as a counseling instrument

to be used in situations in which the
client-counselor relationship is such
that straightforward and honest
expression of choices can be
expected

Individual or by group