Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 2A, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Scand J Psychol. 2011 Apr;52(2):126-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2010.00862.x. Epub 2010 Dec 30.
The Danish Draft Board has used the same test for assessing general cognitive ability, the Børge Prien's Prøve (BPP), for over 50 years during which time all men on reaching the age of 18 become liable for conscription. Data from the test has, over the decades, been used in numerous and wide-ranging research studies. Nonetheless, owing to the special circumstances of its administration, some psychometric properties, which are generally assessed for psychological tests, have not previously been investigated for the BPP. First, since the test is only used at the assessment phase, retesting with the BPP occurs only rarely and under exceptional circumstances. Therefore, its Test-Retest reliability has hitherto not been documented. Second, questions have often been raised as to whether the validity of the BPP is undermined by either a lack of motivation and under-performing among some of the men taking the test, being, as they are, compelled to do so, and/or by gradual obsolescence of the test over the decades of its use. We here present findings from three new studies to show that (a) the BPP has a satisfactory Test-Retest reliability, r=0.77, (b) BPP test scores are not positively associated with expressed attitude to being called upon to serve conscription and (c) the correlation between the BPP and a measure of educational level has remained stable (at about 0.5) through the last two decades. Taken together these three findings further support the continuing value of the BPP in research relating to cognitive ability.
丹麦征兵委员会（Danish Draft Board）使用同一套评估通用认知能力的测试，即 Børge Prien 的 Prøve（BPP），已经超过 50 年。在此期间，所有年满 18 岁的男性都有义务应征入伍。几十年来，该测试的数据被广泛应用于各种研究中。尽管如此，由于其管理的特殊情况，一些心理测试通常会评估的心理测量特性，之前并没有针对 BPP 进行过调查。首先，由于该测试仅在评估阶段使用，因此 BPP 的重测很少发生，而且只在特殊情况下发生。因此，其重测信度迄今尚未记录。其次，人们经常质疑 BPP 的有效性是否会受到一些被强制参加测试的男性缺乏动机和表现不佳的影响，以及/或者由于该测试在使用几十年后逐渐过时。我们在此介绍三项新研究的结果，以表明：(a) BPP 具有令人满意的重测信度，r=0.77；(b) BPP 测试分数与应征入伍的态度表达之间没有正相关；(c) BPP 与教育程度的衡量标准之间的相关性在过去二十年中保持稳定（约为 0.5）。这三个发现共同进一步支持了 BPP 在与认知能力相关的研究中的持续价值。
