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Author Gulliksen, Harold

Title Theory of mental tests / Harold Gulliksen
Published Hillsdale, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1987

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 486 pages)
Contents Chap. 1. Introduction -- Chap. 2. Basic equations derived from a definition of random error -- Chap. 3. Fundamental equations derived from a definition of true score -- Chap. 4. Errors of measurement, substitution, and prediction -- Chap. 5. Various interpretations of the error of measurement -- Chap. 6. Effect of doubling test length on other test parameters -- Chap. 7. Effect of test length on mean and variance (general case) -- Chap. 8. Effect of test length on reliability (general case) -- Chap. 9. Effect of test length on validity (general case) -- Chap. 10. Effect of group heterogeneity of test reliability -- Chap. 11. Effect of group heterogeneity on validity (bivariate case) -- Chap. 12. Correction for univariate selection in the three-variable case -- Chap. 13. Correction for multivariate selection in the general case -- Chap. 14. A statistical criterion -- Chap. 15. Experimental methods of obtaining test reliability -- Chap. 16. Reliability estimated from item homogeneity -- Chap. 17. Speed versus power tests -- Chap. 18. Methods of scoring tests -- Chap. 19. Methods of standardizing and equating test scores -- Chap. 20. Problems of weighting and differential prediction -- Chap. 21. Item analysis -- Bibliography -- Appendix A. Equations from algebra, analytical geometry, and statistics, used in test theory -- Appendix B. Table of ordinates and areas of the normal curve -- Appendix C. Sample examination questions in statistics for use as a review examination at the beginning of the course in test theory -- Appendix D. Sample examination items in test theory -- Answers to problems -- Author index -- Topic index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-420)
Notes Includes indexes
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Subject Psychological tests -- Evaluation
Psychological tests.
Psychological Tests
Psychological tests
Psychological tests -- Evaluation
Tests psychologiques -- Évaluation.
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ISBN 9780203052150
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