Limit search to available items
Record 7 of 14
Previous Record Next Record
Book Cover
Book

Title The new rules of measurement : what every psychologist and educator should know / edited by Susan Embretson and Scott Hershberger
Published Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1999

Copies

Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'PONDS  150.287 Emb/Nro  AVAILABLE
Description ix, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Multivariate applications series
Multivariate applications book series.
Contents Preface / Susan E. Embretson and Scott L. Hershberger -- 1. Issues in the Measurement of Cognitive Abilities / Susan E. Embretson -- 2. IRT and Intelligence Testing: Past, Present, and Future / Robert M. Thorndike -- 3. Behind the Scenes: Using New Measurement Methods on DAS and KAIT / Mark H. Daniel -- 4. Fundamental Measurement for Psychology / Benjamin D. Wright -- 5. What Can Rasch-Based Scores Convey About a Person's Test Performance? / Richard W. Woodcock -- 6. Generalizability Theory: Picking Up Where the Rasch IRT Model Leaves Off? / George A. Marcoulides -- 7. Introduction to Personality Measurement / Scott L. Hershberger -- 8. The Rorschach: Measurement Concepts and Issues of Validity / John E. Exner, Jr. -- 9. Searching for Structure in the MMPI / Niels G. Waller -- 10. Personality Measurement Issues Viewed Through the Eyes of IRT / Steven P. Reise -- 11. Summary and Future of Psychometric Methods in Testing / Susan E. Embretson and Scott L. Hershberger
Summary This volume brings together leading measurement researchers and practitioners to discuss new developments in test development, administration, scoring, and interpretation. With topics ranging from intelligence testing and personality assessment to validity issues in testing theory and practice, psychometricians and clinical and educational measurement specialists alike will find this book to be an invaluable tool
Notes Papers originally presented at a conference held at the University of Kansas, Feb. 21-22, 1997
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Subject Psychological tests -- Congresses.
Psychometrics -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Embretson, Susan E.
Hershberger, Scott L.
LC no. 98024513
ISBN 0805828605 (alk. paper)
Other Titles What every psychologist and educator should know