Exercises in Psychological Testing
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Description:
A workbook with tear-out pages to be used in a graduate or undergraduate course on psychological testing to provide students with hands-on experience in various aspects of test development and use. Among them are giving and scoring several kinds of tests, constructing measurement scales, computing norms, and evaluating test reliability. There is no index or bibliography. The CiP and the back cover do not agree on an ISBN. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) This book provides hands-on experience in many aspects of the psychological testing process, including administering and scoring tests, test construction, norming, and exploration of reliability and validity. This exercise manual can be used to enhance any undergraduate course in psychological testing and assessment. The topics covered involve those most commonly taught in this course and most familiar and interesting to students. Some of the tests used are employed in various exercises so students can follow them through aspects of development. Provides hands-on experience in many aspects of the testing process, including administering and scoring tests, test construction, norming, and exploration of reliability and validity. This exercise manual can be used as a stand-alone item in a laboratory-based course or as a supplement to any standard textbook in psychological testing and assessment. The topics covered are those most commonly taught in this course and most familiar and interesting to students. Several tests are employed in various exercises so students can follow them through aspects of development.