Respect copyright laws.
PsyTrace accepts any and all questions you give it, and it cannot tell whether a test
is copyrighted. Do not use PsyTrace to administer copyrighted tests to your clients
unless you have proper permission from the copyright holder.
The steps to create a new test, to track results from clients, are below.
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Open the new test screen
Select the Tests/Measurements menu (in the System or Admin menu) and choose
Create New Test/Measurement.
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Name the test
Enter the name of the test or measurement, for example “Academic
Performance”, and any other pertinent information such as the author and
copyright.
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Define the scales
Enter the names of the Scales that are part of the test, the Low and High Value for
each scale, and the computational formula for the scale. An example of how to write
the formula is shown on the screen.
For example, the scale names might be “Reading, Writing, Math, and
Science”, with low and high values of 0 and 100.
Note. Keep the low and high values the same for all scales if you
want to plot all the scales on the same graph in the future.
Note. Computational formulas can contain only arithmetic
operations, and all calculations proceed from left to right. For example, the
formula #1 + #3 - #5 computes the scale score by adding the score of
the answer to the first question to the score of the answer to the third question,
then subtracting the score of the answer to the fifth question.
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File the definition
File the definition of the new measure.
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Add the introduction and questions Self-administered tests only
If clients will take the test themselves, you also need to enter the Introduction
and the questions.
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Click the Introduction button and enter the text the client sees
when the test starts, for example “You will now be asked a few questions
about your alcohol use...”
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Click Questions and enter every question. For each one, enter the
question description, the question number, and the question choices. Click
File after each question.
To see how questions are entered, watch the movie clip provided with PsyTrace, in
the ShowMe folder of the CD.
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Enter data into the new measure
Use the Testing option of the Clinician menu, or start the
SelfTest.Exe program, where the client answers the test or
interview in self-administered form.