Psychological Testing
Pearson New International Edition
Paperback Engels 2013 6e druk 9781292040028Samenvatting
For junior-level courses in Psychological Testing or Measurement.
Focuses on the use of psychological tests to make important decisions about individuals in a variety of settings. This text explores the theory, methods, and applications of psychological testing. It gives a full and fair evaluation of the advantages and drawbacks of psychological testing in general, and selected tests in particular.
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
- I. INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING.
- 1. Tests and Measurements.
- 2. Defining and Measuring Psychological Attributes: Ability, Interests, and Personality.
- 3. Testing and Society.
- II. PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT.
- 4. Basic Concepts in Measurement and Statistics.
- 5. Scales, Transformations, and Norms.
- 6. Reliability: The Consistency of Test Scores.
- 7. Using and Interpreting Information about Test Reliability.
- 8. Validity of Measurement: Content and Construct-Oriented Validation Strategies.
- 9. Validity for Decisions: Criterion-Related Validity.
- 10. Item Analysis.
- III. DEVELOPING MEASURES OF ABILITY, INTERESTS, AND PERSONALITY.
- 11. The Process of Test Development.
- 12. Computerized Test Administration and Interpretation.
- 13. Ability Testing: Individual Tests.
- 14. Ability Testing: Group Tests.
- 15. Issues in Ability Testing.
- 16. Interest Testing.
- 17. Personality Testing.
- Appendix: Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct.
- References.
- Author Index.
- Subject Index.
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- non-profit
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