Tests & Measures

Copyright restrictions limit the use and application of tests and measures. Permission must be given by the author to use the instrument and/or modify it in any manner. This includes the use of parts of the instrument. 

APA statement of the use of secure psychological tests in the education of graduate and undergraduate psychology students

• "Access to psychological test materials (e.g., test booklets, protocols, administration manuals, scoring keys) should be granted only to qualified psychologists or other professionals who use the material in their teaching, research or clinical practice. "
• "Students who use the materials in the course of their research or training should be directly supervised by a psychologist or other appropriate supervisor."
• "Unauthorized [use or] modification of a published or unpublished test for a research project is a violation of the publisher’s or author’s copyright, and is thus both unethical and illegal."

If you are fortunate enough to find a test or measurement instrument with a Creative Commons license, make sure that you understand what type of license is applied and what restrictions are identified within that license: 

1. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
2. Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
3. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
4. Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
5. Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0)
6. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
7. CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication