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Author Jensen, Arthur Robert.

Title Bias in mental testing / Arthur R. Jensen
Published New York : Free Press, [1980]
©1980

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 MELB  153.93 JEN-B  AVAILABLE
Description xiii, 786 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents Mental testing under fire -- Tests on trial -- The drive for equality -- The distribution of mental ability -- Varieties of mental test items -- Do IQ tests really measure intelligence? -- Reliability and stability of mental measurements -- Validity and correlates of mental tests -- Definitions and criteria of test bias -- Bias in predictive validity: empirical evidence -- Internal criteria of test bias: empirical evidence -- External sources of bias -- Sex bias -- Culture-reduced tests and techniques -- Uses and abuses of tests
Notes Also published: London: Methuen, 1980
Includes indexes
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 747-774
Subject Educational tests and measurements.
Intelligence tests.
Minorities -- Psychological testing.
Test bias.
Intelligence Tests.
Minority Groups.
LC no. 79007583
ISBN 0029164303