Examines the issue of validity and values in the scientific method of research, and suggests that researchers must continuously question the premises upon which their research is based. (SB)

The present study reports the responses to a questionnaire secured from 80 approved internship centers on various aspects of training in diagnostic testing. A majority of the centers believe that university training is inadequate, and a number of them perceive the university as instilling an overly critical attitude toward diagnostic testing in…

A test statistic is introduced which allows one to test the hypothesis of agreement of several judges on the ranking of items within each of two groups and between the two groups. (Editor)

Vocal style was proposed as a useful variable with which to classify groups of clients in order to study the differential effects of various therapeutic maneuvers. Relationships between voice quality ratings in early psychotherapy interviews and pretherapy Rorschach and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scores were investigated in order…

The reliability and predictive validity of the WPPSI was investigated with a sample of lower SES Mexican-American children. The results revealed that the WPPSI has high reliability, as determined by internal consistency procedures, but validity coefficients were not significant. The WPPSI may be inappropriate for special program placement purposes…

This study attempted to demonstrate behavioral correlates of two related Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory code types (4-9,9-4) with inpatients from state psychiatric facilities. The findings are discussed in terms of the discriptors available, the role of base rates, and similarity-dissimilarity of 4-9 profiles. A suggestion is offered…

The feasibility of computerizing the administration, scoring, and interpretation of the MMPI and comparing its response latencies with other MMPI item characteristics was tested. Results indicate that latency may not have the psychological significance often attributed to it. (Author)

Early intelligence tests have built-in biases that correspond to the test constructor's social values. (RA)

A system was designed and constructed capable of totally automating the administration of several psychological tests and treatment procedures. It is described here. (Author)

Presents theoretical comment concerning the interpretation and meaning of the results derived from the semantic differential method as he replies to the paper presented by Jorma Kuusinen. (MB)

Responds to the ideas presented by Kuusinen and Miron and emphasizes that the semantic differential technique measures certain apparently universal affective features of total meaning closely linked to human emotion and feeling. (MB)