Table of Contents “...Introduction to psychological assessment : why we do it and what it is -- The basic statistics of measurement -- The meaning of test scores -- Reliability -- Validity -- Item development -- Item analysis : methods for fitting the right items to the right test -- Achievement tests in the era of high-stakes assessment -- Assessment of intelligence -- Assessment of personality -- Behavioral assessment -- Employment and vocational testing -- Neuropsychological testing -- Forensic applications of psychological assessment -- The problem of bias in psychological assessment -- Assessment accommodations for examinees with disabilities -- Best practices : legal & ethical issues -- How to develop a psychological test : a practical approach....”

Table of Contents “...Scientific psychology and the research process -- The nature of psychology experiments (I): variables and conditions -- The nature of psychology experiments (II): validity -- Describing data -- Making inferences from data -- Selecting a statistical test -- Tests of significance for nominal data -- Tests of significance for ordinal data (and interval/ratio data when parametric assumptions are not met) -- Tests of significance for interval data -- Correlational studies....”
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Table of Contents “...Machine generated contents note: 1.Psychology, science and research -- Why psychology and science? ...”
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Table of Contents “...Cover; Book title; Contents; Preface; 1 Psychology, science and research; 2 Measuring people - variables, samples and the qualitative critique; 3 Experiments and experimental designs in psychology; 4 Validity in psychological research; 5 Quasi-experiments and non-experiments; 6 Observational methods - watching and being with people; 7 Interview methods - asking people direct questions; 8 Psychological tests and measurement scales; 9 Comparison studies - cross-sectional, longitudinal and cross-cultural studies; 10 Qualitative approaches in psychology; 11 Statistics - organising the data...”
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Table of Contents “...Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; 1 Introduction; Construct Validity Theory: The Core Concepts; The 'Construct' Concept; Construct Validity; The Many Faces of CVT; CVT, Psychological Measurement, and Testing Theory: Overlap and Departures; Organization of the Book; A Brief Note on Terminology and Notation; References; Part I The Historical Dimension of Construct Validity; 2 Historical Precursors and EarlyTesting Theory; Test Theory for Mental Measurements; Classical Versus Modern Test Theories; Reliability and Validity; Spearman's Legacy in Two Important Works....”
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Table of Contents “...Translating and adapting tests for cross-cultural assessments /...”
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Table of Contents “...Greenberg -- In vivo testing of learning and instructional principles: the design and implementation of school-based experimentation / Gwen A. ...”

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Table of Contents “...Gill -- Transporting traditional methodologies to the Web -- Internet-based ability testing / Ulrich Schroeders, Oliver Wilhelm, Stefan Schipolowski -- Web-based self-report personality scales / John A. ...”

Table of Contents “...Vodanovich -- Societal and organizational constraints on selection -- Applicant reactions to testing and selection / Stephen W. Gilliland and Dirk D. ...”

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