Psychological testing : principles, applications, & issues / Robert M. Kaplan, Dennis P. Saccuzzo.

By:

Kaplan, Robert M. (Robert Malcolm) [author]

Contributor(s):

Saccuzzo, Dennis P [author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Australia : Cengage Learning, c2018Edition: Ninth edition. Student editionDescription: 752 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781337098137 (hbk.)
1337098132 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

Psychological tests

LOC classification:

BF176 K14 2018

Online resources:

Contents:

PART I. PRINCIPLES -- Introduction -- Norms and Basic Statistics for Testing -- Correlation and Regression -- Reliability -- Validity -- Writing and Evaluating Test Items -- Test Administration -- PART II. APPLlCATIONS -- Interviewing Techniques -- Theories of Intelligence and the Binet Scales -- The Wechsler Intelligence Scales: WAIS-IV, WISC-V, and WPPSI-IV -- Tests for Infants, Disabilities and Special Populations -- Standardized Tests in Education, Civil Service, and the Military -- Applications in Clinical and Counseling Settings -- Projective Personality Tests -- Computers and Basic Psychological Science in Testing -- Testing in Counseling Psychology -- Testing in Health Psychology and Health Care -- Testing in Industrial and Business Settings -- PART III. ISSUES -- Test Bias -- Testing and the Law -- The Future of Psychological Testing.

Summary: This book "explains the fundamentals of psychological testing, their important applications, and the controversies that emerge from those applications in clinical, education, industrial, medical, and legal settings.This resource explains core concepts that affect the evaluation of all tests, major types of psychological tests, and current issues affecting testing such as stereotype threat, bias, laws, and ethics. Test profiles and sample items illustrate how psychological testing is used and reported. Case studies demonstrate the uses and misuses of psychological testing, while technical examples assist students in grasping complex statistical concepts." -- Publisher's website.

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Fourth edition published in 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

PART I. PRINCIPLES -- Introduction -- Norms and Basic Statistics for Testing -- Correlation and Regression -- Reliability -- Validity -- Writing and Evaluating Test Items -- Test Administration -- PART II. APPLlCATIONS -- Interviewing Techniques -- Theories of Intelligence and the Binet Scales --
The Wechsler Intelligence Scales: WAIS-IV, WISC-V, and WPPSI-IV -- Tests for Infants, Disabilities and Special Populations -- Standardized Tests in Education, Civil Service, and the Military -- Applications in Clinical and Counseling Settings -- Projective Personality Tests -- Computers and Basic Psychological Science in Testing -- Testing in Counseling Psychology -- Testing in Health Psychology and Health Care -- Testing in Industrial and Business Settings -- PART III. ISSUES -- Test Bias -- Testing and the Law -- The Future of Psychological Testing.

This book "explains the fundamentals of psychological testing, their important applications, and the controversies that emerge from those applications in clinical, education, industrial, medical, and legal settings.This resource explains core concepts that affect the evaluation of all tests, major types of psychological tests, and current issues affecting testing such as stereotype threat, bias, laws, and ethics. Test profiles and sample items illustrate how psychological testing is used and reported. Case studies demonstrate the uses and misuses of psychological testing, while technical examples assist students in grasping complex statistical concepts." -- Publisher's website.

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