Healy Picture Completion Test

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Evidence · 4 claims (3 mixed, 1 against) · 1 study (1 associational), q2 · 1 of 1 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study

Description

A standardized performance assessment in which children complete pictures and receive score-, time-, and age-level classifications, administered and scored using Pintner and Anderson procedures.

Components

• Healy Picture Completion Test (administered by Pintner and Anderson procedures): The Healy Picture Completion Test is a performance test in which the child completes pictures, scored by score and completion time, and classified into age levels such as Below 5, Age 8, and Adult. The article administered it following "the procedure and standards laid down by Pintner and Anderson," noting the test is relatively useless for adults, so no adult cases appear. Across 65 children it produced scores, times, and age-level classifications compared against Terman Binet IQs and ratings. (E. B. Skaggs (1920))

Claims

• The Terman Binet and Healy Picture Completion tests give extremely different classifications of the same children, with only 44.44 per cent of 65 cases receiving the same rough classification [-W]
• Binet IQ shows a negative, insignificant correlation with Healy Picture Completion time (r = -.05 ± .093) [~W]
• The Healy Picture Completion test is easier than the Terman Binet: a child ranking at age level on the Healy will in all likelihood test below age on the Binet, especially children of lower mentality [~W]
• Binet IQ correlates insignificantly with Healy Picture Completion score (r = +.15 ± .082) among 65 children [~W]

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Key Sources

• E. B. Skaggs. (1920). A Comparison of Results Obtained by the Terman Binet Tests and the Healy Picture Completion Test. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://psycnet.apa.org

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Field	Value
type	product
id	healy-picture-completion-test
title	Healy Picture Completion Test
description	A standardized performance assessment in which children complete pictures and receive score-, time-, and age-level classifications, administered and scored using Pintner and Anderson procedures.
status	review
product_kind	assessment
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