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Applied Psychometrics using SPSS and AMOS (Hardcover)
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Applied Psychometrics using SPSS and AMOS (Hardcover)
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The book will be designed primarily for graduate students (or
advanced undergraduates) who are learning psychometrics, as well as
professionals in the field who need a reference for use in their
practice. We would assume that users have some basic knowledge of
using SPSS to read data and conduct basic analyses (e.g.,
descriptive statistics, frequency distributions). In addition, the
reader should be familiar with basic statistical concepts such as
descriptive statistics (e.g., mean, median, variance, standard
deviation), percentiles and the rudiments of hypothesis testing.
They should also have a passing familiarity with issues in
psychometrics such as reliability, validity and test/survey
scoring. We will not assume any more than basic familiarity with
these issues, and will devote a portion of each chapter (as well as
the entire first chapter) to reviewing many of these basic ideas
for those not familiar with them. We envision the book as being
useful either as a primary text for a course on applied measurement
where SPSS is the main platform for instruction, or as a supplement
to a more theoretical text. We also anticipate that readers working
in government agencies responsible for testing and measurement
issues at the local, state and national levels, and private
testing, survey and market research companies, as well as faculty
members needing a practical resource for psychometric practice will
serve as a market for the book. In short, the readership would
include graduate students, faculty members, data analysts and
psychometricians responsible for analysis of survey response data,
as well as educational and psychological assessments. The goal of
the book is to provide readers with the tools necessary for
assessing the psychometric qualities of educational and
psychological measures as well as surveys and questionnaires. Each
chapter will cover an issue pertinent to psychometric and
measurement practice, with an emphasis on application. Topics will
be briefly discussed from a theoretical/technical perspective in
order to provide the reader with the background necessary to
correctly use and interpret the statistical analyses that will be
presented subsequently. Readers will then be presented with
examples illustrating a particular concept (e.g., reliability).
These examples will include a discussion of the particular
analysis, along with the SPSS code necessary to conduct them. The
resulting output will then be discussed in detail, focusing on the
interpretation of the results. Finally, examples of how these
results might be written up will also be included in the text. It
is hoped that this mixture of theory with examples of actual
practice will serve the reader both as a pedagogical tool and as a
reference work. To our knowledge, no book outlining psychometric
practice using commonly available software such as SPSS currently
exists. Given that many practitioners in academia, government and
private industry use SPSS for statistical analyses of testing data,
we believe that our book will fill an important niche in the
market. It will contain very practical information regarding how to
conduct a wide variety of psychometric analyses, along with tips on
interpretation of results and the appropriate format for reporting
these results. We believe that it will prove useful to individuals
in educational measurement, psychometrics, and survey and market
research. Our text will add to the literature by providing users
with a single reference containing the major ideas in applied
psychometrics with instructions and examples for conducting the
analyses in SPSS. In addition, we will provide original macros for
estimating a variety of statistics and conducting analyses common
in educational and psychological measurement.
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