Abstract

NORONHA, Ana Paula Porto; PRIMI, Ricardo  and  ALCHIERI, João Carlos. Psychometrics parameters: an analysis of the psychological tests commercialized in Brazil. Psicol. cienc. prof. [online]. 2004, vol.24, n.4, pp. 88-99. ISSN 1414-9893.

Psychological assessment instruments have been questioned by the scientific and professional community in respect to their general psychometric quality, the use that psychologists give to their instruments and also to the general validity of the results of the psychological assessment. The aim of this paper is to identify the main psychometric information of the commercialized psychological tests as reported in their manuals, as well as publisher, date, construct measuring, standardization, validity and reliability. It analyzes 146 instruments commercialized by 11 editors. The results show that only 28.8% of these instruments report reliability, validity and standardization studies in their manuals. These results suggest that Brazilian Psychology has been characterized by a less than desirable concern about the scientific basis of its professional practices.

Keywords : Psychological tests; Psychological assessment; Validity; Reliability.

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