Psychological testing: principles and applications

✍ Scribed by Murphy, Kevin R;Davidshofer, Charles O

Publisher: Pearson
Year: 2013;2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 491
Series: Pearson custom library
Edition: Sixth edition, Pearson New International Edition
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

For sophomore/junior-level courses in Psychological Testing or Measurement. Focuses on the use of psychological tests to make important decisions about individuals in a variety of settings. This text explores the theory, methods, and applications of psychological testing. It gives a full and fair evaluation of the advantages and drawbacks of psychological testing in general, and selected tests in particular.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 4
1. Tests and Measurements......Page 6
2. Defining and Measuring Psychological Attributes: Ability, Interests, and Personality......Page 25
3. Testing and Society......Page 57
4. Basic Concepts in Measurement and Statistics......Page 77
5. Scales, Transformations, and Norms......Page 97
6. Reliability: The Consistency of Test Scores......Page 121
7. Using and Interpreting Information About Test Reliability......Page 139
8. Validity of Measurement: Content and Construct-Oriented Validation Strategies......Page 158
9. Validity for Decisions: Criterion-Related Validity......Page 183
10. Item Analysis......Page 207
11. The Process of Test Development......Page 231
12. Computerized Test Administration and Interpretation......Page 253
13. Ability Testing: Individual Tests......Page 269
14. Ability Testing: Group Tests......Page 292
15. Issues in Ability Testing......Page 320
16. Interest Testing......Page 356
17. Personality Testing......Page 399
Appendix: Forty Representative Tests......Page 430
Appendix: Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct......Page 431
References......Page 448
B......Page 482
C......Page 483
F......Page 484
I......Page 485
M......Page 486
P......Page 487
R......Page 488
S......Page 489
W......Page 490
Y......Page 491

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