
Introduction to Test Construction in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
A Practical Guide
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Will be published approx. on 16. May 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-7425-2520-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers beginning researchers in psychology and education with limited statistics backgrounds a practical, hands-on guide to the preparation, assessment, and development of quantitative research instruments. With the explicit goal in mind of making the text accessible to readers with only a beginning level of statistical expertise, the authors include numerous examples and figures to illustrate necessary concepts and procedures, while minimizing jargon. The book includes an appendix with directions for the required statistical analyses for readers with access to SPSS. The organization of the book into two sections, theoretical and practical, with complementary chapters in each section, results in a practical and versatile resource to have in a variety of contexts. Because of its versatility, the book may be used either as a textbook for courses on test construction and instrument design or quantitative research methods in psychology and education, as a reference for researchers using and constructing quantitative instruments, or as background reading for professionals in related fields.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7425-2520-7 (9780742525207)
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Joshua A. Fishman | Tomas Galguera
Introduction to Test Construction in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
A Practical Guide
E-Book
05/2003
1st Edition
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
€44.99
Available for download
Persons
Joshua A. Fishman is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in Social Sciences at Yeshiva University, and visiting professor at Stanford University [Linguistics and Education], New York University [Multiculturalism] and CUNY-Graduate Center [Linguistics]. TomOs Galguera is an associate professor in the Teachers for Tomorrow's Schools teacher education program at Mills College and a fellow at the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
Content
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction
Part 3 A. THEORETICAL TOPICS
Chapter 4 1A. WHAT ARE "TESTS FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES?"
Chapter 5 2A. THE END GOAL AS A FIRST CONSIDERATION
Chapter 6 3A. INSTRUMENT RELIABILITY
Chapter 7 4A. INSTRUMENT VALIDITY
Chapter 8 5A. ITEM ANALYSES
Chapter 9 6A. SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES
Part 10 B. EMPIRICAL TOPICS
Chapter 11 1B. DESIGNING YOUR INSTRUMENT; COMPONENTIALITY AND ITEM-TYPE
Chapter 12 2B. PREPARATION AND PRELIMINARY TESTING OF THE FIRST VERSION
Chapter 13 3B. ANALYZING VERSION I: ITEM STATISTICS AND INSTRUMENT RELIABILITY
Chapter 14 4B. ANALYZING VERSION II: ITEM STATISTICS, INSTRUMENT RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY
Chapter 15 5B. SEMI-FORMAL MEASUREMENT: VARIETIES OF CONTENT ANALYSIS
Chapter 16 6B. WHAT NEXT? BACK TO THE FUTURE
Chapter 17 Appendix A: Recommended Readings
Chapter 18 Appendix B: Instructions for Performing Necessary Statistical Procedures in SPSS
Chapter 19 Appendix C: Sample Data Set of Items and Scores for Self-Esteem Scale, Version 1
Chapter 20 References
Chapter 2 Introduction
Part 3 A. THEORETICAL TOPICS
Chapter 4 1A. WHAT ARE "TESTS FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES?"
Chapter 5 2A. THE END GOAL AS A FIRST CONSIDERATION
Chapter 6 3A. INSTRUMENT RELIABILITY
Chapter 7 4A. INSTRUMENT VALIDITY
Chapter 8 5A. ITEM ANALYSES
Chapter 9 6A. SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES
Part 10 B. EMPIRICAL TOPICS
Chapter 11 1B. DESIGNING YOUR INSTRUMENT; COMPONENTIALITY AND ITEM-TYPE
Chapter 12 2B. PREPARATION AND PRELIMINARY TESTING OF THE FIRST VERSION
Chapter 13 3B. ANALYZING VERSION I: ITEM STATISTICS AND INSTRUMENT RELIABILITY
Chapter 14 4B. ANALYZING VERSION II: ITEM STATISTICS, INSTRUMENT RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY
Chapter 15 5B. SEMI-FORMAL MEASUREMENT: VARIETIES OF CONTENT ANALYSIS
Chapter 16 6B. WHAT NEXT? BACK TO THE FUTURE
Chapter 17 Appendix A: Recommended Readings
Chapter 18 Appendix B: Instructions for Performing Necessary Statistical Procedures in SPSS
Chapter 19 Appendix C: Sample Data Set of Items and Scores for Self-Esteem Scale, Version 1
Chapter 20 References