Creativity Assessment

Test Number	10
Title	Biographical Inventory Creativity
Author	Schaefer, C. E.
Category	Self-Report Inventory
Copyright Date	1970
Availability	Contact author
Restrictions
Age/Grade Level	Grades 7-12
Cost	Information not available
Forms
Source	Dr. Charles E. Schaefer
Address	540 Scarsdale Rd. Yonkers, NY 10707
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Definition	The kind of person an individual becomes in later life is substantially influenced by the types of experiences he has had during his formative years and by the patterns of important choices he has made during life. What the creative adolescent does in his leisure time differentiates him from his less creative peers.
Purposes	This instrument is designed to identify creative adolescents in artistic and scientific fields of achievement, and distinguish male and female students with writing talent.
Characteristics	Openness and Courage to Explore Ideas

Manual
Good	The manual presents a discussion of: its definition and purpose, target populations and uses, norms, validity and reliability evidence, its history and development, citations of research, administration directions, and scoring instructions. It is clearly

Validity
Fair	The manual discusses a criterion of real-life creative achievement in adolescence. The coefficients ranged from .34 to .64. The correlation with the Similes test was .32.

Reliability
Fair	Based on the scores of 50 male and 32 female college students the manual report stability of .87-.95.

Utility
Good	The directions seem clear and appropriate. It can be group administered by any professional. Untimed, it requires about 20 minutes to administer.

Interpretation
Fair	Scores provide information about boys in art, writing and science, and girls in writing and art. A high score indicates characteristics that closely resemble those of creative adolescents. With lack of meaningful norms, useful interpretation is difficult.

Propriety
Poor	Not addressed.

Reviews & Related Lit

Anastasi, A., & Schaefer, C. (1969). Biographical correlates of artistic and literary creativity in adolescent girls. Journal of Applied Psychology, 53, 267-273. Schaefer, C. E. (1969). The prediction of achievement from a biographical inventory. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 29, 431-437. Schaefer, C. E., & Anastasi, A. (1968). A biographical inventory for identifying creativity in adolescent boys. Journal of Applied Psychology, 52, 42-48.