Psychological assessment and theory : creating and using psychological tests /
Robert M. Kaplan, Dennis P. Saccuzzo.
- Eighth edition International edition
- Australia : Wadsworth/Cengage Learning, c2013.
- xxiii, 692 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes glossary and index.
References: pp. 585-657.
Introduction -- Norms and basic statistics for testing -- Correlation and regression -- Reliability -- Validity -- Test bias -- Writing and evaluating test items -- Interviewing techniques -- Computers and basic psychological science in testing -- Theories of intelligence and the binet scales -- The Wechsler Intelligence Scales: WAIS-IV, WISC-IV, WPPSI-III -- Other individual tests ability in education and special education -- Standardized tests in education, civil service, and the military -- Projective personality tests -- Testing in counseling psychology -- Applications in clinical psychology -- Testing in health psychology and health care -- Testing in industrial and business settings -- Ethics and the future of psychological testing.