| Description |
xiii, 605 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Introduction to Psychological Testing. 1. Tests and Measurements. 2. Defining and Measuring Psychological Attributes: Ability, Interests, and Personality. 3. Testing and Society -- Pt. 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 -- Pt. 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 -- Pt. IV. Using Tests to Make Decisions. 18. Tests and Educational Decisions. 19. Psychological Measurement in Industry. 20. Diagnostic Testing: Clinical Applications. 21. Clinical Assessment. App. A. Forty Representative Tests -- App. B. Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1998 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 544-585) and indexes |
| Subject |
Psychological tests -- Textbooks.
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Psychological tests.
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Psychometrics -- Textbooks.
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Psychometrics.
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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| Author |
Davidshofer, Charles O., 1944-
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| LC no. |
00034678 |
| ISBN |
0130273953 |
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0130407933 (paperback) |
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