Availability of the Psychometric Properties of Holmes’ Test of Creative Personality: A Field Study on Secondary School Students in Sana’a- Republic of Yemen
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Abstract
This study aimed at assessing the psychometric properties of Holmes’ Test of creative personality among secondary school students in Sana’a-Yemen. A cluster sample of (514) male and female students was drawn. After applying the test on the sample the following results were reached:
- Four types of test validity were applied. A jury validity which resulted in deleting (12) items of the test. A concurrent validity of the test with teacher ratings ranged between (0.61) and (0.64) and all were significant at . A construct validity was applied via the correlations between items and the total scores [ranged between 0.18 and (0.51); all were significant at ]. A discriminative validity was also applied; the difference between upper and lower group means was significant at .
- Three types of test reliability were drawn; test-retest r= (0.88), split-half r= (0.93), Cronbach-alpha r= (0.84).
- A significant difference in mean scores was found at between males and females in favor of females.
Based on these results, the researchers recommended using Holmes’ test as a structured instrument to explore creative personality among secondary school students in Sana’a.
Keywords: Psychometric properties, Holmes’ test, Creative personality.
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