SECOND EVALUATION OF TESTS PUBLISHED IN SPAIN

Abstract

This article describes the results of the second evaluation of psychological tests published in Spain. The Official Association of Psychologists Testing Committee decided that 12 tests, selected mainly because they were innovative and widely used, should be assessed. Each test was evaluated by two experts. As in the first evaluation (Muñiz, Fernández-Hermida, Fonseca-Pedrero, Campillo-Álvarez and Peña-Suárez, 2011), the evaluators’ work was done by responding to the questions on the Questionnaire for Test Evaluation (Prieto and Muñiz, 2000), which adapts the model prepared by the European Federation of Professional Psychologist Associations to the Spanish context. Each test was evaluated for quality of materials and documentation, score reliability, coverage of validation studies, quality of scales, etc. The reviewers also reported on the suitability of the instrument and the evaluation process and made suggestions that might be useful to improve future assessments.

Keywords

• Tests
• Use of tests
• Test evaluation
• Psychometry.