Administration and scoring of 16pf By; AMBREEN FOUZIA Administration and Scoring; The 16pf 5th edition is designed
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Administration and scoring of 16pf
By; AMBREEN FOUZIA
Administration and Scoring; The 16pf 5th edition is designed to be administered to
adults(aged 16 and older) ,individually or in a group setting. The test offers paper and pencil computer software and online administration formats. The test is appropriate for an individual younger than 16…………..based on professional consideration of the client’s maturity level.
Continue…. • the 16pf adolescent personality questionnaire
(APQ)is most appropriate for age 11 through 22 . • The test administrator is advised to take time to establish a comfortable rapport with examinees.
RESPONSE FORMATE; The questions have three-choice response format,
except
for B items.
Test-completion Time: Untimed but examinees
should be encouraged to work at a steady pace.
About 10 minutes into testing
session ,the administrator may want to discourage examinees from agonizing over possible responses by reiterating…….,
Remember, don’t spend too much time thinking over
any one question .Give the first, natural answer as it comes to you.
continue……. Average test completion time is; • 35 to 50 min by pencil and • 25 to 35 min by computer.
Computer Administration: …administered via personal computer using IPAT
onsite system software or 16PF word .com services Research has demonstrated that; Scores obtained from computerized administration
are equivalent to scores obtained via paper and pencil administration.(Mead and Drasgow,1993)
Paper and Pencil Administration: Simple and Clear; • The administrator may either read aloud the
instruction or request examinees to read.. Silently, responding to their questions as necessary. ..not to make any marks in the test booklet. ..avoid skipping any questions and choose the first
response that comes to mind.
Continue… Before starting the test; o Examinees are asked to complete the grid for
NAME and GENDER. During Testing; o The administrator should check that examinees are making responses appropriately. AT the end of testing; o …the grids have been completed and that all responses are scorable.
SCORING: Before hand or computer scoring each answer sheet
should be varied for completeness; 1. IDENTIFICATION GRID information has been provided; Name(or I.D no.) and gender. 2.
All 185 items have been answered.
o o o
Completion of all items is desirable, ..having 12 or fewer incomplete items is still scorable, Answer sheet having 13 or more incomplete items must be completed before scoring.
Continue… NORM GRID has been completed ; •
This grid includes two choices,
Combined sex norms and
Sex specified norms.
Continue… WHY
SEX SPECIFIC NORMS ARE SELECTED??????
????? sex specific versus combined norms depends on
professional judgment and the testing application.
e.g; in job selection applications.
HAND SCORING:
Material
are needed for hand scoring the 16pf;
• Set of four scoring keys
•
Norm table and
•
Individual record form.
PROCEDURE: Using appropriate key, obtain the raw score of the items.. 2. Divide the total raw score by the no. of items completed. 1.
3. Multiply the quotient in procedure 2 by the total
no. Of items in the scale. 4. Round the product in above procedure to the
nearest whole number.
Continue… Steps in hand scoring; o Step 1;Obtain raw scores for 16 personality factors
and Impression Management(IM) index.
o Step 2;Convert personality factor raw scores into
sten scores and IM raw score into a persontile.
Continue…. •
Step 3;
•
Calculate the 5 global factor sten scores.
o Step 4; Profile sten scores for the global factors
and primary personality factors.
Continue… Sten scores; (standardize ten) scores range from 1-
10 with a mean of 5.5 and a standard deviation of 2.
Profile sten scores;5 global factors and the 16
primary can be graphed to achieve a pictorial representation …..is helpful in interpretation.
Facto rs
Sten1
Sten 2
Sten 3
Sten 4
S 5
s.. 6
Sten 7
Sten 8
Sten 9
A Male
0-3 0-2
4-5 3-5
6-8
9-11
12-14
15-17
18-19
20
21-22
Femal 0-5 e
B c D E F G
6-7