| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 283 pages : illustrations) |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Basic Concepts in Score Reliability -- 1. Understanding Reliability and Coefficient alpha, Really / Bruce Thompson -- 2. Correcting Effect Sizes for Score Reliability: A Reminder That Measurement and Substantive Issues Are Linked Inextricably / Frank Baugh -- 3. A Brief Introduction to Generalizability Theory / Bruce Thompson -- 4. Reliability Methods: A Note on the Frequency of Use of Various Types / Thomas P. Hogan, Amy Benjamin and Kristen L. Brezinski -- 5. Confidence Intervals About Score Reliability Coefficients / Xitao Fan and Bruce Thompson -- Pt. II. The Nature of Reliability -- 6. Guidelines for Authors Reporting Score Reliability Estimates / Bruce Thompson -- 7. Reliability as Psychometrics Versus Datametrics / Shlomo S. Sawilowsky -- 8. Psychometrics Is Datametrics: The Test Is Not Reliable / Bruce Thompson and Tammi Vacha-Haase -- 9. Reliability: Rejoinder to Thompson and Vacha-Haase / Shlomo S. Sawilowsky -- Pt. III. Reliability Induction and Reporting Practices -- 10. Sample Compositions and Variabilities in Published Studies Versus Those in Test Manuals: Validity of Score Reliability Inductions / Tammi Vacha-Haase, Lori R. Kogan and Bruce Thompson -- 11. How Well Do Researchers Report Their Measures? An Evaluation of Measurement in Published Educational Research / Dale Whittington -- 12. The Degree of Congruence Between Test Standards and Test Documentation Within Journal Publications / Audrey L. Qualls and Angela D. Moss -- Pt. IV. Reliability Generalization -- 13. Reliability Generalization: Exploring Variance in Measurement Error Affecting Score Reliability Across Studies / Tammi Vacha-Haase -- 14. Assessing the Reliability of Beck Depression Inventory Scores: Reliability Generalization Across Studies / Ping Yin and Xitao Fan -- 15. Measurement Error in "Big Five Factors" Personality Assessment: Reliability Generalization Across Studies and Measures / Chockalingam Viswesvaran and Deniz S. Ones -- 16. Reliability Generalization of the NEO Personality Scales / John C. Caruso |
| Summary |
Written to help researchers create and evaluate scores more efficiently Bruce Thompson's text covers score reliability, reliability induction and reliability generalization. Exercises with simple data are included at the end of each sections so that readers can demonstrate understanding of the principles |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available in print |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Subject |
Psychological tests -- Design and construction.
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Educational tests and measurements -- Design and construction.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Thompson, Bruce, 1951-
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| ISBN |
9781412985789 (electronic bk.) |
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