Practice effect on the Minnesota Clerical Test when alternate forms are used

Abstract

"1. Repeated administrations of alternate forms of the Minnesota Clerical Test show less practice effect than repeated tests with identical forms. 2. The degree of practice effect is a 6.4% increase in mean score on the Numbers test, 6.5% in the Names test, when Forms A and B are administered in ABBA order. 3. The immediate development of alternate test forms of the Minnesota Clerical Test is contra-recommended in view of the substantial differences in test difficulty on the Numbers test. 4. Any attempt to develop alternate forms of the Minnesota Clerical Test for the Numbers test should be preceded by a basic study of test-content factors underlying inequalities in form difficulty." (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)