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....”

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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 “...Introduction to Hypothesis Testing: The One-Sample z Test --...”

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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 “...Preface -- Editorial staff -- Guide to the dictionary -- Quick guide to format -- Apa dictionary of psychology -- Biographies -- Appendixes -- Institutional and organizational entries -- Psychological test and assessment instrument entries -- Psychotherapeutic techniques, biological treatments, and related entries....”

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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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