Amanda Lemon

The Mental Measurements Yearbook:How to use it and stuff…

First… What is the MMY?

Hmmm…

Well, then… There once was a man named Oscar…

who decided he wanted to make a difference in the world of commercial testing…

Well, along with his wife Luella!

Oscar and Luella Buros--The MMY’s Daddy and Mommy

“At least half of the tests currently on the market should never have been published”

~ Oscar Buros The Mental Measurements Yearbook’s Introduction

The MMY’s Purpose To provide info about (price, publisher, etc.) To be critical To make test makers strive to better

What is the Mental Measurements Yearbook? The Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) includes timely, consumer-oriented test reviews, providing evaluative information to promote and encourage informed test selection. Typical MMY test entries include descriptive information and one or two reviews written by professionals in selected fields.

How the MMY is organized Volumes are not cumulative Current MMY series is alphabetical Indexes- Subject, score, acronyms, etc.

Okay, so… Two ways to access

The Test Reviews table in Reference on the 1st floor.

Anywhere you like from our homepage-- library.ucok.edu*Just remember that coverage here

starts at volume 9 onwards*

Then there’s this other book…

Also available on the Test Reviews table in

Reference on the 1st floor.

Another book?! Wha?

Now why/why not use TiP (Tests in Print)?

First, there are no reviews in the TiP TiP, however, is comprehensive (to the best of

their ability) TiP helps you locate what’s what in MMY

What is Tests In Print? Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. Information includes test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s). Tests in Print also guides readers to candidly critical test reviews published in the Mental Measurements Yearbook series.

Two other things… Validity

Reliability

va·lid·i·ty \v -li-d -t , va-\ ə ə ē noun

Measures what it is is supposed to measure

re·li·abil·i·ty \ri-l - -bi-l -t \ noun ī ə ə ē

Results are consistent each time under the same circumstances

Now, it’s your turn…