The test should be available in Hindi as well as my study is India based and also meant for people who don't understand English. Computer based tests are also welcomed.
Torrance test of Creative Thinking is one commonly used and i think it has a hindi version. You can check on National Psychological Coporation's (NPC) catalogue for more of them that are available in hindi. Search for NLEPT catalogue too by ncert.
While the TTCT has been a popular test for creativity, in recent years (about last 10) it has been criticized for measuring only one aspect of creativity, that of idea generation. In addition, TTCT is not always related to real world creativity and the scoring is not always as easy as it should be. Using number of ideas is easy but is not really a good measure of creativity. Depending on the purpose you may want to look for other options such as a measure that evaluates participation or achievment in creative activities such as KDOCs by Kaufman or CAQ by Carson. Others use more realistic problems and then score for appropriateness and originality (the two main components of creativity). This latter approach while realistic, again can be more time consuming because of the ratings. Good luck
thanx Tarun and Roni for you responce.
I will consider your suggestions.
Thanx for the help.
There is a recent article giving an overview about different self-assessment questionnaires:
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/232452670_Assessing_creativity_with_self-report_scales_A_review_and_empirical_evaluation/file/9fcfd5130f2cf9f00d.pdf
Depending on your own research question, you may use one of them (They have different emphases). As they basically use check marks, they should be easily implemented in free software for administration of psychological tests like MiniSteps, BigSteps or MiniFac.
Article Assessing Creativity With Self-Report Scales: A Review and E...
Thanx Sven for the reference to the article.
It was quite helpful.
can the mentioned tests be available in Hindi as well?
As far as I know, there is no such version in Hindi. The lack of self-report tests for creativity in other languages than English seems to be major problem in creativity research. :-(
However, this provides you the opportunity to fill the gap and be the first to establish a test in Hindi! ;-)
Sven, this is one major difficulty in India that tests are rarely available in Hindi or other regional languages. Few are interested in researches and very few of them develop the tests.
I agree with Tarun , lack of interest and unavailability of tests in Hindi and other regional languages, is a major problem with research in India.
And Sven, the process of establishing a test in Hindi is too complicated and cumbersome in India.Though its not impossible. ;-)
Gulford's Alternate Uses Test can be easily translated into Hindi and used. It assesses originality, fluency, flexibility and elaboration (which can all be numerically coded). I'd recommend identifying your definition of creativity first, and then seeking an appropriate measure. Work is also being done in the differing types of creativity (positive, negative and malevolent). See for example,
Cropley, D. H., Cropley, A. J., Kaufman, J. C., & Runco, M. A. (Eds.). (2010). The Dark Side of Creativity. Cambridge University Press.
Or my work on negative creativity.
The purpose for which you need to use the creativity assessment is also crucial. If you'd like to examine its relationship with intelligence then the AUT or TTCT are good measures; but if you want to assess artistic or scientific creativity, you'll require other means. Hope this helps :)
Perhaps the best measure of creativity, in the form of a questionnaire, with excellent psychometric qualities (i.e., reliability, validity, absolute zero, etc.) is the Creative Achievement Questionnaire. I believe Shelly Carson is the author, and we have published neuroimaging correlates on it: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19722171
Rex, I agree with you. The Creative Achievement Questionnaire has impressive qualities and a lot of studies already successfully applied it. However, the CAQ emphasizes (on purpose) the “Big C”, highly creative contributions accepted and acknowledged by the social environment. If Anjali works with children or adolescents, applying the CAQ will result in a sample in which all participants are (supposed to be) hardly creative. Furthermore, some of the requested accomplishments are only possible with access to well differentiated infrastructures (galleries, publishing companies,..), that may not be always accessible in rural regions of newly industrialized countries.
Nevertheless, I would consider the CAQ as first choice in many contexts.
Sven, the beauty of the CAQ is that it is "calibrated" if you will to account for Big C and little c up and down (including zero) the line from the most mundane act to the highest level. I would not get (too) hung up in the access to infrastructure - after all *most* of us live in WEIRD societies to which these notions apply. However, I think that it would be appropriate to apply the metrics of CAQ to non WEIRD societies as well to see what we find, which (I would hypothesize) would be exactly the same as other societies: a hierarchy of accomplishment based on the production of both novel and useful ideas across domains. Interesting idea...
CAQ is a nice test and it widely used for creativity assessment.But, is it appropriate to consider questionnaires for a field like creativity that (in my view) is so diverse in itself? Will, using questionnaires alone for its diagnosis, solve the purpose?I mean, shouldn't tests with a more practical approach, that requires the subject to actually create something novel, be used for proper assessment ?
Dear all: How to measure the following parameters: reliability, validity, absolute zero with regard to questionnaires (simple one)?
There are several options. Creativitytestingservices.com has a simple measure that gives reliable information about creative activity, a bit like the CAQ but more flexible. Uses and divergent thinking also good, if you have the time and know how to give the test ("game like conditions"). There are self-reports (see website) and indices of Creative Attitudes and Values that are useful, as well. It depends on what type of information you need--and your sample.
Postscript: The Self-Report I mentioned (and on the CTS website) is fairly brief. I would be happy to assist with a translation, if it is useful to you. Most of the CTS measures have been translated.
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