Prediction of creativity in a sample of research scientists

In an attempt to identify test predictors of scientific creativity, two criteria of creativity were used: supervisors´ ratings and number of publications. An interest questionnaire, a vocabulary test and nine tests of the Guilford Creativity Battery were administered to 131 research physical scientists. Of 42 test scores derived from the battery, four were significantly related to the rating criterion and seven to the publications criterion. The two criteria were not significantly related to each other and none of the predictor scores correlated significantly with both criteria. A composite predictor gave promise of increasing effective prediction of the ratings criterion, but not of the publications criterion.