What is Mental Measurements Yearbook?

What is Mental Measurements Yearbook?

The Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) is a book series produced and published by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska. The MMY includes timely, consumer-oriented test reviews that provide evaluative information to promote and encourage informed test selection.

What is physical measurement and mental measurement?

physical measurement comprises the measurement of objects, things, etc. and is concerned with the measurement of height, weight, length, size, volume etc. whereas measurement in behavioural sciences comprises the measurement of mental processes, traits, habits, tendencies etc.

What is physical measurement?

The determination of the size of a physical quantity by comparison with a standard. All physical measurement is ultimately based on measurement unit standards defined by the SI-metric system.

Who wrote Mental Measurements Yearbook?

Oscar K. Buros
First published by Oscar K. Buros, the MMY series allows users to make knowledgeable judgments and informed selection decisions about the increasingly complex world of testing. MMY via EBSCOhost now includes the MMY Archive, providing all yearbooks from the first edition in 1938 through the present edition.

What is the Mental Measurements Yearbook?

Mental Measurements Yearbook. The cornerstone of the Buros Center’s publishing activities is the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) series. The MMY includes timely, consumer-oriented test reviews, providing evaluative information to promote and encourage informed test selection.

How do I access the UHV Mental Measurements Yearbook?

The UHV Library has access to a full-text electronic copy of the Mental Measurements Yearbook series via EBSCO. To access the MMY, please follow these steps: Click on the letter M under the Jump to: heading at the top of the page If you are off campus, you will be asked to enter your login information.

How many testing instruments have been reviewed by the MMY?

Beginning in The Fourteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook, tests also must provide sufficient documentation supporting their technical quality to meet criteria for review. Over 2,700 testing instruments have been reviewed since the MMY began publication in 1938.