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Psychological Testing - A Practical Approach to Design and Evaluation (Hardcover, New)
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Psychological Testing - A Practical Approach to Design and Evaluation (Hardcover, New)
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"Psychological Testing by Theresa J. B. Kline is an accessible,
easy-to-read book that effectively communicates the current
concepts, trends, and controversies in the field of psychological
testing. Readers are provided with an in-depth analysis of
psychometrics in a format that will keep their attention and that
they will be able to relate to the significance of psychological
testing across numerous areas such as schools, businesses, clinical
settings, military, or government." -Todd L. Chmielewski,
PsycCRITIQUES, December 7, 2005 VOL. 50, NO. 49, ARTICLE 12
Psychological Testing: A Practical Approach to Design and
Evaluation offers a fresh and innovative approach to students and
faculty in the fields of testing, measurement, psychometrics,
research design, and related areas of study. Author Theresa J.B.
Kline guides readers through the process of designing and
evaluating a test, while ensuring that the test meets the highest
professional standards. The author uses simple, clear examples
throughout and fully details the required statistical analyses.
Topics include-but are not limited to-design of item stems and
responses; sampling strategies; classical and modern test theory;
IRT program examples; reliability of tests and raters; validation
using content, criterion-related, and factor analytic approaches;
test and item bias; and professional and ethical issues in testing.
With the student in mind, Kline has created features that ease them
into more difficult ideas, always stressing the practical use of
theoretical concepts. Features include A step-by-step approach to
designing a test, including construct identification, construct
operationalization, collecting data, item assessment, and
reliability and validity techniques Examples of data analyses with
printouts and interpretation Up-to-date coverage of psychometric
topics, such as difference scores, change scores, translation,
computer adaptive testing, reliability and validity generalization,
professional and ethical guidelines, and references IRT program
outputs (dichotomous and multiple response) Coverage of traditional
topics in the context of how they would be used, such as standard
errors and confidence intervals Sampling approaches and their
strengths and weaknesses, as well as response rates and missing
data management Psychological Testing is perfectly suited as a main
text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate Testing or
Psychometrics courses in departments of Psychology, Education,
Sociology, Management, and in the Human Services disciplines.
Professional researchers, educators, and consultants will also want
to add this to their libraries for up-to-date coverage of test
design and evaluation techniques. "Professor Kline's attempts to
de-mystify complex measurement concepts are beautifully simplified
and illustrated in her countless illustrations of practical and
relevant problems for the mathematically-challenged student. This
book is also a must-have for those who simply do not have the
desire for the theoretical jargon used in similar textbooks but are
interested in the important conceptual and practical aspects of
measurement as they apply in their disciplines." -Arturo Olivarez,
Jr., Texas Tech University "Kline's Psychological Testing provides
a well-written treatment of the critical issues in designing and
evaluating psychometric instruments. This book will be very useful
to advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and
researchers." -Richard Block, Montana State University
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