| Test Number |
3 |
| Title |
Abedi Creativity Test |
| Author |
Jamal Abedi |
| Category |
Self-Report Inventory |
| Copyright Date |
1994 |
| Availability |
Contact Author |
| Restrictions |
Contact Author |
| Age/Grade Level |
Grade 6+ |
| Cost |
Contact Author |
| Forms |
|
| Source |
Dr. Jamal Abedi |
| Address |
UCLA-CREST, 301 GSE/IS, 300 Charles E. Young Dr. N., Los Angeles CA 90095-1522 |
| Phone |
310-206-1532 ext 64346 |
| Fax |
310-825-3883 |
| web or e-mail |
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| Definition |
Creative thinking, following Torrance痴 definition, emphasizing fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration. |
| Purposes |
Seeks to develop a multiple choice test to provide an efficient estimate of the scores derived from the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. |
| Characteristics |
Generating Ideas |
| Manual |
| Poor |
No published manual appears to be available yet. This is an experimental instrument still in the preliminary stages of development. |
| Validity |
| Poor |
Few studies completed yet. Initial correlations with TTCT scores were low (.15 to .41), the highest for fluency. Studies from Spain indicated low, but significant, correlations with other criteria. |
| Reliability |
| Fair |
Low but significant reliabilities reported from studies in Spain. More promising results were obtained using a structural equation modeling design, but these require replication and further study with other populations. |
| Utility |
| Good |
The intent, which is to provide an approach that is more efficient to administer and score than the usual creative thinking measure, is appealing, and the author reports preliminary efforts to approach the task in a psychometrically sound manner. The results suggest that considerable development efforts are still necessary. |
| Interpretation |
| Good |
Links specifically to variables measured by the TTCT. |
| Propriety |
| |
Not addressed; instrument currently intended for research use only. |
| Reviews & Related Lit |
| Abedi, J. (In Press). A latent-variable modeling approach to assessing reliability and validity of a creativity instrument. Creativity Research Journal. Auzmendi, E., Villa, A., & Abedi, J. (1996). Reliability and validity of a newly-constructed multiple-choice creativity instrument. Creativity Research Journal, 9 (1), 89-95. O誰eil, H., Abedi, J., & Spielberger, C. (1994). The measurement and teaching of creativity. In: H. O誰eil and M. Drillings (Eds.). Motivation: Theory and research. (pp. 245-263). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. |
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