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100 _aLeslie A. Miller
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245 0 _aFoundations of Psychological Testing: a practical approach
_cMiller, Leslie A.
250 _a4th ed.
260 _aLondon:
_bSAGE Publications,
_c2013.
300 _a648 p.
_bhardbound
505 _a1. What Are Psychological Tests? 2. Why Is Psychological Testing Important? 3. Is There a Right or Wrong Way to Use Psychological Tests? 4. How Does Computerized Testing Work? SECTION II: PSYCHOMETRIC PRINCIPLES 5. How Do Test Users Interpret Test Scores? 6. What Is Test Reliability? 7. How Do We Gather Evidence of Validity Based on the Content of a Test? 8. How Do We Gather Evidence of Validity Based on a Test's Relation to External Criteria? 9. How Do We Gather Evidence of Validity Based on a Test's Relation to Constructs? SECTION III: DEVELOPING AND PILOTING SURVEYS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS 10. How Do We Construct, Administer, and Use Survey Data? 11. How Do We Develop a Test? 12. How Do We Assess the Psychometric Quality of a Test? SECTION IV: USING TESTS IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS 13. How Are Tests Used in Educational Settings? 14. How Are Tests Used in Clinical and Counseling Settings? 15. How Are Tests Used in Organizational Settings? Appendix A: Test Spotlights Appendix B: Guidelines for Critiquing a Psychological Test Appendix C: Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education Appendix D: Table of Critical Values for Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficients Glossary
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