REVISED BETA EXAMINATION

The Revised Beta Examination is designed as a group test, although the instrument can be administered on an individual basis (Kellogg & Morton, 1978, p. 3). The Revised Beta Examination is a nonverbal general intelligence test.

The basic revision of the Beta Examination was performed by C. E. Kellogg and N. W. Morton. The most recent revision of the test in 1984 was performed by Robert Lindner and Milton Gurvit. The Revised Beta Examination is published by The Psychological Corporation.

The Revised Beta Examination is designed to measure the "general intellectual ability of persons who are relatively illiterate, or non-English speaking, or suspected of having other language difficulties. It may also be used as a nonverbal measure for members of the general population" (Kellogg & Morton, p. 3). The Beta Examination instrument has undergone several revisions since the introduction of the Group Examination Beta in 1920 (Hsu, 1989, p. 1276). At present, however, the Revised Beta Examination, known as Beta II, is the only version (form) avai

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e administrator to both enforce time limits and to help with subjects requiring assistance with practice problems. The Revised Beta Examination Manual is quite complete. The material presented in the manual is more than adequate to support interpretation of test results. Louis Hsu (pp. 1276-1277) found the stimulus materials provided with the Revised Beta Examination Manual to be "generally large enough, well-drawn, and unambiguous." Hsu (p. 1277) also noted that, although the standardization sample used to generate Beta II norms may closely resemble the American population, the "Beta II manual provides no information about the extent to which this sample is representative of the populations of 'illiterates,' 'non-English speakers,' and those with 'other language difficulties,' which the Beta II was designed to test." Thus, Hsu (p. 1277) held that test validity ("the major weakness of the Beta II is the lack of evidence that this test is . . . a measure of intelligence for illiterates, non-English speakers, and others with language difficulties") is a major problem with the Revised Beta Examination. With respect to test reliability, Hsu (p. 1278) found no particular major faults with the reliability testing procedures employ
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