Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test – Fill Out and Use This PDF

Aut hor :

Dunn, L. M. , & Dunn, L. M.

Dat e:

1997

Const r uct :

Child Developm ent

St andar dized:

Yes

I nst r um ent Type( s) :

Dir ect child/ adult assessm ent

Uses of I nfor m at ion:

PPVT- I I I

can be used t o

m easur e

r ecept ive

vocabular y .

PPVT- I I I

can scr een

for

ver bal abilit y,

gift edness, and

m ent al

r et ar dat ion in per sons for w hom English is t he

spok en

language in t he hom e,

com m unit y ,

and

school;

it

can m easur e English

language pr oficiency for

per sons for

w hom English is a second language. Because it r equir es no

r eading

or w r it ing and is easy t o

adm inist er ,

PPVT- I I I

is

useful in t est ing pr eschool childr en

and

is fair

t o per sons

w it h w r it t en - language pr oblem s and

disabilit ies

such

as

aut ism ,

w it hdr aw n per sonalit ies, psychot ic

sym pt om s,

sever e cer ebr al palsy, and m oder at e visual disabilit ies.

Envir onm ent :

School, clinical, vocat ional, r esear ch

Descr ipt ion:

The PPVT- I I I is t he

t hir d edit ion

of

a

highly

successful

vocabular y t est t hat has been in use since 1959 . I t is used

for scr eening special st udent s, j ob candidat es, and t o

assess

v ocabular y

of

non - English - speaking

st udent s,

r anging

in age fr om

2 t hr ough 90+

year s. The

PPVT- I I I

t est s for

list ening com pr ehension of

st andar d

English . I t

has t w o

par allel for m s, For m s

I I I A

and

I I I B, each

w it h

4

t r aining

it em s ( for adm inist er ing t he

t est )

and

204 t est

it em s gr ouped int o 17 set s of 12 it em s ar r anged in or der of

incr easing

difficult y .

I n

t he

t est ,

t he

exam iner

or ally

pr esent s a st im ulus w or d w it h a set of pict ur es and t he t est

t ak er is ask ed t o select t he pict ur e t hat best r epr esent s t he

w or d’s m eaning. The

exam iner adm inist er s

t he

it em set s

unt il t he

child’s “ basal”

and “ ceiling” set s

ar e

found,

a

pr ocess t hat usually t akes five it em set s. The basal set

is

t he it em set in w hich t he child m akes one or no er r or s and

t he ceiling set is t he it em set in w hich t he child

m akes

eight or m or e er r or s.

Refer ences:

Dunn & Dunn ( 1997)

Cost :

PPVT- I I I For m I I I A and

I I I B Test

Kit s: $ 299 . 99

( includes

pict ur e plat es,

2 nor m s

booklet s,

2 exam iner ’s

m anuals,

and 1 package ( 25) of per for m ance r ecor ds for each for m )

PPVT- I I I For m I I I A and I I I B Test Kit w it h ASSI ST: $ 398 . 99

Availabilit y of Test Manual:

Yes.

The

t est

m anual

includes

infor m at ion

on

uses,

adm inist r at ion,

and

scor ing;

t est

const r uct ion,

st andar dizat ion,

and

nor m s dev elopm ent ;

and

r eliabilit y

and

validit y

and

ot her

t echnical

dat a. The

exam iner s’

m anual descr ibes var ious m odificat ions t hat can

be m ade

in adm inist er ing

t he

t est

t o

accom m odat e

var ious

disabilit ies.

Cont act I nfor m at ion:

Am er ican Guidance Ser v ices Publishing

Tel: 800 . 328 . 2560

Web: w w w . agsnet . com

I nst r uct ions:

I nst r uct ions for

using

t he t est

ar e

included

in

t he t r aining

m anual.

Adm inist r at or :

Educat or s, counselor s, psychologist s, and clinicians

Qualificat ion:

Level

B

Test

User

Qualificat ion:

User

has

com plet ed

gr aduat e t r aining in

m easur em ent ,

guidance,

individual

psychological

assessm ent , or

special

appr aisal

m et hods

appr opr iat e for a par t icular t est .

Tr aining Requir ed:

Alt hough

for m al t r aining

in psychom et r ics is not

r equir ed,

t he exam iner s should

be t hor oughly fam iliar w it h t he t est

m at er ials and w ell- t r ained in adm inist er ing and scor ing t he

t est .

Adm inist r at ion Tim e:

I t t akes appr ox im at ely 12 m inut es t o adm inist er 5 set s.

Respondent s:

Only per sons w it h

for m al t r aining

in psychological

t est ing

and st at ist ics should int er pr et t he r esult s of t he PPVT- I I I .

Scales/ I t em Opt ions:

No subscales

I t em s r epr esent

20 cont ent cat egor ies

( ver bs

[ act ions] ,

adj ect ives,

and

nouns) . Pict ur es ar e

pr esent ed

in a

m ult iple- choice

for m at

of four pict ur es

per

it em .

The

exam iner pr esent s a ver bal st im ulus fr om t he Per for m ance

Recor d w hile t he

exam inee

looks at

a

plat e

of

four

num ber ed

black - and- w hit e dr aw ings. The

exam inee

m ust

select by point ing

t o or

saying

t he num ber of t he

pict ur e

t hat best depict s t he ver bal st im ulus. A spoken r esponse is

not r equir ed.

Scor ing:

Hand- scor ing: The exam iner ent er s t he num ber associat ed

w it h

t he pict ur e select ed

by

t he

exam inee

on

t he

per for m ance r ecor d for m

and dr aw s a “ slash” t hr ough t he

let t er

“ E” under t he er r or

colum n

for each er r or . The r aw

scor e is obt ained by subt r act ing t he t ot al num ber of er r or s

above

t he

exam inee’s

basal

set

fr om

t he

num ber

associat ed

w it h t he

m ost

difficult

it em answ er ed cor r ect ly

in t he

exam inee’s

ceiling

set . Using

sever al t ables,

r aw

scor es can be conver t ed

int o

differ ent t ypes of age-

adj ust ed st andar dized scor es. One t able conver t s t he r aw

scor e int o a st andar d scor e. A second t able conver t s t he

st andar d scor e int o per cent ile r ank,

nor m al

cur ve

equivalent , and st anine. Finally, a t hir d t able conver t s t he

exam inee’s r aw scor e int o t he age equivalent per for m ance.

Languages:

English and Spanish

Psychom et r ic Pr oper t ies:

Reliabilit y: I nt er nal consist ency ( Cr onbach’s alpha) w as . 93

for For m I I I A for bot h ages 2 year s, 6 m ont hs and 3 year s.

For For m I I I B, t he alphas w er e . 93 and . 92, r espect ively .

Test - r et est r eliabilit y

( w it h an appr ox im at ely 1 - m ont h

int er val bet w een t est s)

cor r elat ion coefficient s for ages 2

y ear s, 6 m ont hs t hr ough 5 y ears, 11 m ont hs w er e . 92 for

For m I I I A and . 91 for For m I I I B.

Validit y:

For concur r ent validit y, t est s t hat com par ed PPVT-

I I I w it h

int elligence

t est s w er e conduct ed and

t he r esult s

w er e cor r ect ed for

nor m gr oup var iabilit y .

Cor r ect ed

Wechsler

I nt elligence

Scale for

Childr en —Thir d Edit ion

ver bal, per for m ance,

and full

scale I Q scales; . 76 t o

. 91

w it h

t he

Kaufm an

Adolescent

and

Adult I nt elligence

Test

cr y st allized, fluid,

and

com posit e I Q t est s; . 62 t o

. 82

w it h

t he

Kaufm an Br ief

I nt elligence

Test vocabular y,

m at r ices,

and

com posit e t est s;

and . 63

t o

. 83 w it h t he

Or al

and

or al ex pr ession, and com posit e scales. How ever ,

all of

t hese t est s w er e per for m ed on per sons older

t han 3

( i. e. ,

validit y infor m at ion not available on childr en

fr om

0 - 3) .

No infor m at ion available on pr edict ive validit y .