Dr. Green’s PTE 5013: MMY and TiP

Hi,

My name is Paul Stenis, and we met on Tuesday afternoon, March 23rd to talk about Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests In Print, each of which are published in print and online.

The more important of the two is Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY). If MMY is Batman, Tests In Print (TiP) is Robin.

The Mental Measurements Yearbook is comprised of evaluative test reviews written by experts in selected fields. The MMY is published with the overarching goal of promoting and encouraging informed test selection. Each yearbook in the MMY series is not cumulative; instead each new yearbook covers “tests that are new or significantly revised since the publication of the” previous edition. There are currently 17 MMYs.

MMY norms a test. Norming assesses a test’s validity and reliability:

• Validity: The test measures what it is supposed to measure
• Reliability: The test returns consistent results

MMY entries usually include 2 reviews of the test.

Tests in Print is a comprehensive bibliography of all known commercially available tests, with *references* to the test reviews in MMY. Unlike MMY, Tests in Print is cumulative with each new edition. There are currently 7 editions of TiP. The latest version of TiP covers the first 16 MMYs.

*References in TiP come in two forms:

1. T5:539

2. 9:729

The first reference (with the T) points to a previous entry in TiP volume 5, test number 539. The second reference (without the T) points to the ninth MMY, test number 729.

Both are available in print in our First Floor Reference Collection. Search our Library Catalog to locate them.

Both the MMY and TiP databases are available in the Library’s online subject guide for Education. Look under Top reference works for Education. They’re both EBSCOHost databases.

MMY reviews tests, but it doesn’t provide the actual test. Chambers Library, however, keeps a few tests for your class to view. To look at a list of available tests, search the library catalog by call number with  “test” in the search box.

If you have questions, don’t hesitate to email me at pstenis@uco.edu, and as always please feel free to visit our Ask Us! page to ask for guidance. We’re happy to help.

Paul

Dr. Green’s PTE 5013– MMY & TiP Class

Well, like I promised, here’s a blog posting about your class this evening.

First things first…

The Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) The purpose of the Yearbook is to provide evaluative information to promote informed test selection. Typical test entries include descriptive information, professional reviews, and reviewer references.

To be included, a test must be:

1.) commercially available

2.) be published in the English language

3. ) and be new, revised, or widely used since it last appeared in the series.

The MMY in print in the Reference Collection goes back to the first volume and up to volume 15. The library’s MMY online subscription provides coverage from volume 9 to the present (vlme. 17).

Also, remember your “Advanced Search” tab in the electronic MMY:

This can allow you to do all sorts of funky things like search only certain yearbooks, test categories, publication years, etc.

So, if you’re really want to impress your professor, I might suggest taking a look at her own reviewed tests

Now, what about those Tests in Print?

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.

Now, remember, TiP does NOT contain test reviews, but it will give you quick information about tests such as publisher information, test time, scores, etc.

It will also give you something called a “cross reference” which will tell you where in the MMY you can find a review for the test you’re looking at.

For this cross reference, TiP is telling you to go to the 14th edition of MMY and then to test number 54 for the test review.

If you ever see a T before a number such as T3:153– This is a cross reference to another Tests in Print edition; thus, you would need to go to Tests in Print edition 3 then look at test number 153.

Alrightie… Have a glorious evening and please remember that if you need any additional assistance please contact us through the Ask Us! link on the library homepage or come visit us at the reference desk!

We love questions!

>^..^< Amanda

P.S. Also, don't forget you can do a search for (but no reviews) for what is where in the MMY on the Buros Testing website.

MMY & TIP Mini Quiz!

Know the answers to these questions?

The first person to answer all four of the following questions will win a super fabulous prize!

How to post your answers via the blog:

Scroll to the bottom on this page and look for the “Add Comment” button.

1. What are the names of the two tests that Dr. Malinda Green from UCO reviewed? Please give the full test names.

2. Who is the intended audience for the test entitled Anger Disorders Scale?

3. What was the most recent MMY review for an Iowa Tests of Basic Skills test? Please give the MMY Yearbook number and test number.

4. Now, go to the aforementioned test (*hint* yearbook number and test name keyword). What is the exact name of this test?

Thanks for playing!

PTE 5383 — Principles of Tests & Measurements — Dr. Diane Jackson

Welcome!

This instruction contains an overview of Mental Measurements Yearbook and its finding tool Tests in Print.

What is Mental Measurements Yearbook?

Mental Measurements Yearbook, or MMY for short, reviews test instruments. Before MMY, researchers had no way of knowing whether a test accurately measured what it was supposed to measure. MMY norms a test.

What is “Norming?”

Norming assesses a test’s validity and reliability:

• Validity: The test measures what it is supposed to measure
• Reliability: The test returns consistent results

MMY entries usually include 2 reviews of the test.

MMY in Print

The MMY in print was first published in the 1930′s, with successive editions in the years following. There are currently 17 editions of MMY in print. The library owns all editions. They are located on 1st floor north.

MMY Electronic

Mental Measurements Yearbook. An electronic version of MMY became available several years ago to the joy of researchers everywhere!  The electronic edition contains the full text of all reviews starting with the ninth edition of MMY.

SEARCH TIP #1: If you don’t have a test in mind, type in your keywords to start, but consider using broader keywords if you retrieve no records. Example: class size measures the classroom environment. The broader term environment should retrieve more reviews.

SEARCH TIP #2: Go to the Refine Search tab and and select “Also search within the full text of the articles.” This change should increase the number of records retrieved.

Finding Reviews before the Ninth Edition

Tests in Print in print and electronic format serves as a finding tool for reviews prior to the 9th edition.

Tests in Print electronic. Search in the electronic format. The entries will direct you to the edition of the print MMY for a review.

Tests in print in print. These are located with the MMY on the Reference collection on the 1st floor of the library, north side.  Ask at the reference desk for assistance using these volumes.

Finding the Actual Test

MMY reviews tests, but it doesn’t provide the actual test. Part on an MMY entry includes information to purchase tests along with reviews.  Chambers Library owns a few tests available for your class to view.  To look at a list of available tests.  Search the library catalog by call number with the call number “test” in the search box.  Watch this video for a demonstration.

Need more help?  Ask Us!