Tests and Measurement Instruments for the Health Sciences
Provides information on a variety of resources for test & measurement instruments in the health sciences.
Psychosocial Instruments
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Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)Search by topic & "measurement instruments".
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American Psychological AssociationInformation on published unpublished psychological tests and measures. Includes FAQ page with information about where to find particular tests.
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Buros Institute of Mental MeasurementsFree version of some of the content of Mental Measurements Yearbook.
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Decision Making Individual Differences Inventory (DMIDI)Over 170 individual difference measures commonly used in judgment & decision-making research.
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Educational Testing Service (ETS) Test Collection DatabaseAn extensive library of 20,000 tests and other measurement devices from the early 1900's to the present. Tests are from a variety of U.S. publishers and individual test authors, plus some from Canada, Great Britain and Australia.
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Health and Psychosocial Instruments (EBCSO)Contains 15,000 instruments, including questionnaires, rating scales, index measures, scenarios, vignettes, observations, checklists, manuals, coding schemes, and projective techniques. Keyword searchable.
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Mental Health Inventory: RAND Medical Outcomes StudyThe 37 measures in the Mental Health Inventory are part of the 116 core measures of functioning and well-being from the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS), a two-year study of patients with chronic conditions.
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Measurement & Evaluation ToolsTools to measure pain & symptoms, functional status, psychosocial care, caregiver assessment, & quality of life. From the National Palliative Care Research Center.
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Neuropsychology Central AssessmentA World Wide Web meta source for information devoted exclusively to the subject of Human Neuropsychology. Select "Links" to view the available assessment resources.
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PsycTestsProvides descriptive information about psychological tests, including full text of thousands of tests. Database is produced by the APA.
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RAND Health - Surveys & ToolsSurveys from RAND on topics such as Aging and Health, Mental Health, & Quality of Life.
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Self-Report MeasuresA collection of self report instruments from Charles S. Carver of the University of Miami Psychology Department. Includes the Spanish translations of these instruments.
Last Updated: Oct 13, 2025 1:26 PM
Subjects: Health Sciences
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