Principles and Methods of Test Construction
Standards and Recent Advances
1st Edition
Published on 11. April 2016
VI, 336 pages
978-1-61334-449-1 (ISBN)
Description
This latest volume in the series Psychological Assessment - Science
and Practice describes the current state-of-the-art in test development
and construction. The past 10-20 years have seen substantial
advances in the methods used to develop and administer tests. In this
volume many of the world's leading authorities collate these advances
and provide information about current practices, thus equipping researchers
and students to successfully construct instruments using
the latest standards and techniques. The volume is organized into five
related sections. The first explains the benefits of considering the underlying
theory when designing tests, with a focus on factor analysis
and item response theory in construction. The second section looks at
item format and test presentation. The third discusses model testing
and selection, while the fourth goes into statistical methods to identify
group-specific biases. The final section discusses current topics of
special relevance, such as multi-trait multi-state analyses and development
of screening instruments.
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Series
Edition
2016
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
For psychologists concernced with assessment, psychometricians, and students.
File size
17,70 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-61334-449-1 (9781613344491)
DOI
10.1027/00449-000
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Persons
Karl Schweizer, PhD, is a Professor in theDepartment of Psychology at Goethe UniversityFrankfurt, Germany. He received his PhD from theUniversity of Freiburg and was a facultymember there and at the University of Tubingen.His research interests focus on assessment,cognitive-differential psychology, psychologicalstatistics, and research methods. He hasserved on the Executive Committee of theEuropean Association of Psychological Assessmentand was editor of European Journal of PsychologicalAssessment.Christine DiStefano, PhD, is an AssociateProfessor of Educational Measurement in theCollege of Education at the University of SouthCarolina. Her research interests are in validity,survey construction, structural equation modelingwith categorical data, and classification.
Content
Table of ContentsSales & Distribution USA / CanadaHogrefe Publishing30 Amberwood ParkwayAshland, OH 44805Tel. (800) 228-3749 / Fax (419) 281-6883customerservice@hogrefe.comwww.hogrefe.comSales & Distribution UKc/o Marston Book Services Ltd.160 East. Ave., Milton ParkAbingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 4SBTel. +44 (1235) 465576 / Fax -465592trade.orders@marston.co.ukwww.hogrefe.comPublishing Office USA / CanadaHogrefe Publishing38 Chauncy Street, Suite 1002Boston, MA 02111Tel. (866) 823-4726 / Fax (617) 354-6875publishing@hogrefe.comwww.hogrefe.comSales & Distribution / Publ. OfficeEurope / Rest of the WorldHogrefe PublishingMerkelstr. 337085 Goettingen, GermanyTel. +49 (551) 99950-0 / Fax -111customerservice@hogrefe.dewww.hogrefe.comNew Releases in 2016Part I: IntroductionChapter 1 IntroductionKarl Schweizer and Christine DiStefanoPart II: Major Approaches to Test ConstructionChapter 2 The Use of Standards in Test DevelopmentFons J. R. van de VijverChapter 3 Using Factor Analysis in Test ConstructionDeborah L. Bandalos and Jerusha J. GerstnerChapter 4 Item Response Theory as a Framework for Test ConstructionLale Khorramdel and Matthias von DavierPart III: Item Formats and Test PresentationChapter 5 Item Types, Response Formats, and Consequences for StatisticalInvestigationsRobert L. Johnson and Grant MorganChapter 6 Adaptive TestingKlaus D. KubingerChapter 7 Online AssessmentSiegbert Reiss and Ulf-Dietrich ReipsPart IV: Estimation of ModelsChapter 8 Overview of Estimation Methods and Preconditions for Their ApplicationWith Structural Equation ModelingSara J. Finney, Christine DiStefano, and Jason P. KoppChapter 9 Examining Fit With Structural Equation ModelsChristine DiStefanoPart V: Group-Based AnalysisChapter 10 Detecting Differential Item FunctioningBrian F. French and W. Holmes FinchChapter 11 Assessing Measurement Invariance of Scales Using Multiple-GroupStructural Equation ModelingMarilyn S. ThompsonPart VI: Topics of Special RelevanceChapter 12 Bifactor Modeling in Construct Validation of Multifactored Tests:Implications for Understanding Multidimensional Constructs andTest InterpretationGary L. CanivezChapter 13 Creating Short Forms and Screening MeasuresFred Greer and Jin LiuChapter 14 Using Multitrait-Multimethod Analyses in Testing for Evidence ofConstruct ValidityBarbara M. ByrneChapter 15 Method Effects in Psychological Assessment Due to Item Wordingand Item PositionKarl Schweizer and Stefan TrocheContributorsSubject Index
