Psychological assessment and theory : creating and using psychological tests
by
Kaplan, Robert M. (Robert Malcolm), 1947-
Title
:
Psychological assessment and theory : creating and using psychological tests
Author
:
Kaplan, Robert M. (Robert Malcolm), 1947-
ISBN
:
9781133492559
Personal Author
:
Kaplan, Robert M. (Robert Malcolm), 1947-
Edition
:
8th ed., International ed.
Publication Information
:
Australia : Wadsworth Cengage Learning, ©2013.
Physical Description
:
xxiii, 692 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
General Note
:
Previous ed. publ. as Psychological testing: Belmont, CA : Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2009.
Contents
:
1. Introduction -- 2. Norms and Basic Statistics for Testing -- 3. Correlation an Regression -- 4. Reliability -- 5. Validity -- 6. Test Bias -- 7. Writing and Evaluating Test Items -- 8. Interviewing Techniques -- 9. Theories of Intelligence and the Binet Scales -- 10. The Wechsler Intelligence Scales: WAIS-IV, WISC-IV, and WPPSI-III. 11. Other Individual Tests of Ability in Education and Special Education -- 12. Standardized Tests in Education, Civil Service, and the Militar 13. Applications in Clinical and Counseling Settings -- 14. Projective Personality Tests -- 15. Computers and Basic Psychological Science in Testing -- 1 Testing in Counseling Psychology -- 17. Testing in Health Psychology and Health Care -- 18. Testing in Industrial and Business Settings -- 19. Ethics and the Future of Psychological Testing.
Subject Term
:
Psychological tests.
Added Author
:
Saccuzzo, Dennis P., 1947-
Kaplan, Robert M. (Robert Malcolm), 1947- Psychological testing.