
Psychological Testing
A Practical Introduction
Thomas P. Hogan(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 1. October 2006
Book
Hardback
736 pages
978-0-471-73807-7 (ISBN)
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Description
Psychological Testing: A Practical Introducation, 2nd Edition provides a comprehensive introduction to major psychometric principles, accompanied by "real world" examples demonstrating test usage in contemporary practice. The text explores concepts including reliability, validity, norms development, approaches to both norm-referenced and criterion-referenced interpretation, methods of studying test bias, and procedures for test development. Additionally, the book is written in clear, student-friendly language, without ommitting difficult issues and concepts. The book describes examples of tests in major domains, including intelligence, personality (both objective and projective), clinical methods, achievement, interests and attitudes, and neuropsychology.
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Edition
2., Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 23.6 cm
Width: 19.7 cm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
1168 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-73807-7 (9780471738077)
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Person
Thomas P. Hogan teaches in the Education and Psychology Departments of the University of Scranton. Having written over 100 articles, presentations, papers, and chapters on educational measurement and assessment issues, he has also coauthored several widely used standardized and criterion-referenced assessment instruments. Dr. Hogan frequently serves as a consultant to school, state, and national organizations on assessment issues.
Content
Chapter 1: The World of Psychological Testing
Chapter 2: Sources of Information about Tests
Chapter 3: Test Norms
Chapter 4: Reliability
Chapter 5: Validity
Chapter 6: Test Development and Item Analysis
Chapter 7: Intelligence Theories and Issues
Chapter 8: Individual Tests of Intelligence
Chapter 9: Group Tests of Mental Ability
Chapter 10: Neuropsychological Assessment (Brooke Cannon)
Chapter 11: Achievement Tests
Chapter 12: Objective Personality Tests
Chapter 13: Clinical Instruements and Methods
Chapter 14: Projective Techniques
Chapter 15: Interests and Attitudes
Chapter 16: Ethical and Legal Issues