Test of Information Processing and Memory-2, Product Range

Test of Information Processing and Memory-2 (TIPS-2)
Author: Raymond E. Webster, PhD
• Assesses Executive Functioning Skills, Working Memory,
   and Information Processing
• Normed for Ages 5 through 70+
• Testing Time: 30–50 minutes 

Author(s): Raymond E. Webster, PhD

Executive Functioning Skills
Working Memory
Information Processing
Ages 5 through 70+
Testing Time: 30–50 minutes (depending on age of examinee)
Scoring Time: 20–30 minutes
Individual Administration

The TIPS-2 is an extensive revision and update of the original Test of Information Processing Skills (Webster, 2009) that identifies the cognitive characteristics and information processing mechanisms involved in human learning. The TIPS-2 is based on well-documented, scientifically validated studies showing how people acquire, consolidate, store, and retrieve linguistic and nonlinguistic information in the short-term memory/working memory systems (STM/WM).

The TIPS-2 has been developed for use by educational specialists, speech/language therapists, rehabilitation counselors, school and clinical psychologists, and research professionals who work with children or adults in a variety of settings to study their learning characteristics.

The TIPS-2 can be used alone to assess memory, learning, and information processing or as a part of a full battery for an in-depth psychoeducational evaluation.

The TIPS-2 is comprised of 8 primary subtests:

Auditory Serial Free Recall
Visual Scanning Speed 1, 2, and 3
Word Retrieval—Letters
Word Retrieval—Categories
Auditory Serial Free Recall—Delayed
Recall of Narrative Passages
Visual Memory
Auditory Memory

Scores from these subtests derive 5 Index Scores:

Auditory Access and Retrieval
Visual Scanning Speed
Word Fluency
Visual Modality
Auditory Modality

A Total Information Processing Ability Score is calculated from the following scores: Auditory Serial Free Recall, Auditory Serial Free Recall—Delayed, Recall of Narrative Passages, Visual Modality Ordered, Visual Modality Unordered, Auditory Modality Ordered, and Auditory Modality Unordered.

Technical Information

Using McDonald’s Omega Values, out of 418 comparisons, 403 (96.4%) were 0.70 or above.

Test–retest corrected correlation for all subtest scores was 0.99, with nearly perfect effect sizes. The corrected correlation value for the index scores ranged from 0.73 to 0.92, with very large to nearly perfect effect sizes. The corrected correlation value for the Total Information Processing Ability Score was 0.96, with a nearly perfect effect size.

Validity

Factor analysis models matched the overall structure of the TIPS-2 scoring system. Results indicated strong standardized factor loadings (ranging from 0.69 to 0.99).

The TIPS-2 mean scores followed age-expected correlations, showing positive correlations from childhood to adulthood, peaking in early adulthood, and followed by negative correlations into late adulthood.

The TIPS-2 differentiated individuals with specific learning disability, auditory processing disorder, intellectual disability, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder from typically developing examinees.