Scoring of 16PF

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