Title:
Psychological testing and assessment : an introduction to tests and measurement
Author:
Cohen, Ronald Jay, author.
ISBN:
9781259870507
Personal Author:
Edition:
Ninth edition.
Physical Description:
xxix, 566 pages, 108 variously numbered pages ; 27 cm
General Note:
Revised edition of the authors' Psychological testing and assessment, c2013.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.Psychological Testing and Assessment -- Testing And Assessment -- Psychological Testing And Assessment Defined -- The Tools Of Psychological Assessment -- The Test -- The Interview -- The Portfolio -- Case History Data -- Behavioral Observation -- Role-Play Tests -- Computers As Tools -- Other Tools -- Who, What, Why, How, And Where? -- Who Are the Parties? -- In What Types of Settings Are Assessments Conducted, and Why? -- How Are Assessments Conducted? -- Where to Go for Authoritative Information: Reference Sources -- Close-Up: Behavioral Assessment Using Smartphones -- Meet An Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Alan Ogle -- Everyday Psychometrics: Everyday Accommodations -- Self-Assessment: -- 2.Historical, Cultural, and Legal/Ethical Considerations -- A Historical Perspective -- Antiquity To The Nineteenth Century -- The Twentieth Century -- Culture And Assessment -- Evolving Interest In Culture-Related Issues
Note continued: Some Issues Regarding Culture And Assessment -- Tests And Group Membership -- Legal And Ethical Considerations -- The Concerns Of The Public -- The Concerns of the Profession -- The Rights of Testtakers -- Close-Up: The Controversial Career of Henry Herbert Goddard -- Meet An Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Neil Krishan Aggarwal -- Everyday Psychometrics: Life-or-Death Psychological Assessment -- Self-Assessment: -- 3.A Statistics Refresher -- Scales Of Measurement -- Nominal Scales -- Ordinal Scales -- Interval Scales -- Ratio Scales -- Measurement Scales In Psychology -- Describing Data -- Frequency Distributions -- Measures Of Central Tendency -- Measures Of Variability -- Skewness -- Kurtosis -- The Normal Curve -- The Area Under The Normal Curve -- Standard Scores -- z Scores -- T Scores -- Other Standard Scores -- Correlation And Inference -- The Concept of Correlation -- The Pearson r -- The Spearman Rho
Note continued: Graphic Representations of Correlation -- Meta-Analysis -- Everyday Psychometrics: Consumer (of Graphed Data), Beware! -- Close-Up: The Normal Curve and Psychological Tests -- Meet An Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Joni L. Mihura -- Self-Assessment: -- 4.Of Tests and Testing -- Some Assumptions About Psychological Testing And Assessment -- Assumption 1: Psychological Traits And States Exist -- Assumption 2: Psychological Traits And States Can Be Quantified And Measured -- Assumption 3: Test-Related Behavior Predicts Non-Test-Related Behavior -- Assumption 4: Tests And Other Measurement Techniques Have Strengths And Weaknesses -- Assumption 5: Various Sources Of Error Are Part Of The Assessment Process -- Assumption 6: Testing And Assessment Can Be Conducted In A Fair And Unbiased Manner -- Assumption 7: Testing And Assessment Benefit Society -- What's A "Good Test"? -- Reliability -- Validity -- Other Considerations -- Norms
Note continued: Sampling To Develop Norms -- Types of Norms -- Fixed Reference Group Scoring Systems -- Norm-Referenced Versus Criterion-Referenced Evaluation -- Culture and Inference -- Everyday Psychometrics: Putting Tests to the Test -- Close-Up: How "Standard" Is Standard in Measurement? -- Meet An Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Steve Julius and Dr. Howard W. Atlas -- Self-Assessment: -- 5.Reliability -- The Concept Of Reliability -- Sources Of Error Variance -- Reliability Estimates -- Test-Retest Reliability Estimates -- Parallel-Forms And Alternate-Forms Reliability Estimates -- Split-Half Reliability Estimates -- Other Methods Of Estimating Internal Consistency -- Measures Of Inter-Scorer Reliability -- Using And Interpreting A Coefficient Of Reliability -- The Purpose Of The Reliability Coefficient -- The Nature Of The Test -- The True Score Model Of Measurement And Alternatives To It -- Reliability And Individual Scores
Note continued: The Standard Error of Measurement -- The Standard Error of the Difference Between Two Scores -- Close-Up: Psychology's Replicability Crisis -- Everyday Psychometrics: The Importance of the Method Used for Estimating Reliability -- Meet An Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Bryce B. Reeve -- Self-Assessment: -- 6.Validity -- The Concept Of Validity -- Face Validity -- Content Validity -- Criterion-Related Validity -- What Is A Criterion? -- Concurrent Validity -- Predictive Validity -- Construct Validity -- Evidence Of Construct Validity -- Validity, Bias, And Fairness -- Test Bias -- Test Fairness -- Meet An Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Adam Shoemaker -- Close-Up: The Preliminary Validation of a Measure of Individual Differences in Constructive Versus Unconstructive Worry -- Everyday Psychometrics: Adjustment of Test Scores by Group Membership: Fairness in Testing or Foul Play? -- Self-Assessment: -- 7.Utility -- What Is Utility?
Note continued: Factors That Affect A Test's Utility -- Utility Analysis -- What Is A Utility Analysis? -- How Is A Utility Analysis Conducted? -- Some Practical Considerations -- Methods For Setting Cut Scores -- The Angoff Method -- The Known Groups Method -- IRT-Based Methods -- Other Methods -- Meet An Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Delphine Courvoisier -- Close-Up: Utility Analysis: An Illustration -- Everyday Psychometrics: The Utility of Police Use of Body Cameras -- Self-Assessment: -- 8.Test Development -- Test Conceptualization -- Some Preliminary Questions -- Pilot Work -- Test Construction -- Scaling -- Writing Items -- Scoring Items -- Test Tryout -- What Is A Good Item? -- Item Analysis -- The Item-Difficulty Index -- The Item-Reliability Index -- The Item-Validity Index -- The Item-Discrimination Index -- Item-Characteristic Curves -- Other Considerations In Item Analysis -- Qualitative Item Analysis -- Test Revision
Note continued: Test Revision As A Stage In New Test Development -- Test Revision In The Life Cycle Of An Existing Test -- The Use Of IRT In Building And Revising Tests -- Instructor-Made Tests For In-Class Use -- Addressing Concerns About Classroom Tests -- Close-Up: Creating and Validating a Test of Asexuality -- Meet An Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Scott Birkeland -- Everyday Psychometrics: Adapting Tools of Assessment for Use with Specific Cultural Groups -- Self-Assessment: -- 9.Intelligence and Its Measurement -- What Is Intelligence? -- Perspectives On Intelligence -- Measuring Intelligence -- Some Tasks Used To Measure Intelligence -- Some Tests Used To Measure Intelligence -- Issues In The Assessment Of Intelligence -- Culture And Measured Intelligence -- The Flynn Effect -- The Construct Validity Of Tests Of Intelligence -- A Perspective -- Close-Up: Factor Analysis -- Meet An Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Rebecca Anderson
Note continued: Everyday Psychometrics: The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB): A Test You Can Take -- Self-Assessment: -- 10.Assessment for Education -- The Role Of Testing And Assessment In Education -- The Case For And Against Educational Testing In The Schools -- The Common Core State Standards -- Response To Intervention (RtI) -- Dynamic Assessment -- Achievement Tests -- Measures Of General Achievement -- Measures Of Achievement In Specific Subject Areas -- Aptitude Tests -- The Preschool Level -- The Elementary-School Level -- The Secondary-School Level -- The College Level And Beyond -- Diagnostic Tests -- Reading Tests -- Math Tests -- Psychoeducational Test Batteries -- The Kaufman Assessment Battery For Children (K-ABC) And The Kaufman Assessment Battery For Children, Second Edition (KABC-II) -- The Woodcock-Johnson IV (WJ IV) -- Other Tools Of Assessment In Educational Settings -- Performance, Portfolio, and Authentic Assessment
Note continued: Peer Appraisal Techniques -- Measuring Study Habits, Interests, and Attitudes -- Everyday Psychometrics: The Common Core Controversy -- Meet An Assessment Professional: Meet Eliane Keyes, M.A. -- Close-Up: Educational Assessment: An Eastern Perspective -- Self-Assessment: -- 11.Personality Assessment: An Overview -- Personality And Personality Assessment -- Personality -- Personality Assessment -- Traits, Types, And States -- Personality Assessment: Some Basic Questions -- Who? -- What? -- Where? -- How? -- Developing Instruments To Assess Personality -- Logic And Reason -- Theory -- Data Reduction Methods -- Criterion Groups -- Personality Assessment And Culture -- Acculturation and Related Considerations -- Close-Up: The Personality of Gorillas -- Everyday Psychometrics: Some Common Item Formats -- Meet An Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Rick Malone -- Self-Assessment: -- 12.Personality Assessment Methods -- Objective Methods
Note continued: How Objective Are Objective Methods Of Personality Assessment? -- Projective Methods -- Inkblots As Projective Stimuli -- Pictures As Projective Stimuli -- Words As Projective Stimuli -- Sounds As Projective Stimuli -- The Production Of Figure Drawings -- Projective Methods In Perspective -- Behavioral Assessment Methods -- The Who, What, When, Where, Why, And How Of It -- Varieties Of Behavioral Assessment -- Issues In Behavioral Assessment -- A Perspective -- Meet An Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Monica Webb Hooper -- Everyday Psychometrics: Confessions of a Behavior Rater -- Close-Up: General (g) and Specific (s) Factors in the Diagnosis of Personality Disorders -- Self-Assessment: -- 13.Clinical and Counseling Assessment -- An Overview -- The Diagnosis Of Mental Disorders -- The Interview In Clinical Assessment -- Case History Data -- Psychological Tests -- Culturally Informed Psychological Assessment -- Cultural Aspects Of The Interview
Note continued: Special Applications Of Clinical Measures -- The Assessment Of Addiction And Substance Abuse -- Forensic Psychological Assessment -- Diagnosis And Evaluation Of Emotional Injury -- Profiling -- Custody Evaluations -- Child Abuse And Neglect -- Elder Abuse And Neglect -- Suicide Assessment -- The Psychological Report -- The Barnum Effect -- Clinical Versus Mechanical Prediction -- Meet An Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Stephen Finn -- Close-Up: PTSD in Returning Veterans and Military Culture -- Everyday Psychometrics: Measuring Financial Competency -- Self-Assessment: -- 14.Neuropsychological Assessment -- The Nervous System And Behavior -- Neurological Damage And The Concept Of Organicity -- The Neuropsychological Evaluation -- When A Neuropsychological Evaluation Is Indicated -- General Elements Of A Neuropsychological Evaluation -- The Physical Examination -- Neuropsychological Tests -- Tests Of General Intellectual Ability
Note continued: Tests To Measure The Ability To Abstract -- Tests Of Executive Function -- Tests Of Perceptual, Motor, And Perceptual-Motor Function -- Tests Of Verbal Functioning -- Tests Of Memory -- Neuropsychological Test Batteries -- Other Tools Of Neuropsychological Assessment -- Meet An Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Jeanne P. Ryan -- Everyday Psychometrics: Medical Diagnostic Aids and Neuropsychological Assessment -- Close-Up: A Typical In-Office Dementia Evaluation -- Self-Assessment: -- 15.Assessment, Careers, and Business -- Career Choice And Career Transition -- Measures Of Interest -- Measures Of Ability And Aptitude -- Measures Of Personality -- Other Measures -- Screening, Selection, Classification, And Placement -- The Resume And The Letter Of Application -- The Application Form -- Letters Of Recommendation -- Interviews -- Portfolio Assessment -- Performance Tests -- Physical Tests -- Cognitive Ability, Productivity, And Motivation Measures
Note continued: Measures Of Cognitive Ability -- Productivity -- Motivation -- Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, And Organizational Culture -- Job Satisfaction -- Organizational Commitment -- Organizational Culture -- Other Tools Of Assessment For Business Applications -- Consumer Psychology -- The Measurement Of Attitudes -- Surveys -- Motivation Research Methods -- Close-Up: Validity Generalization and the GATB -- Everyday Psychometrics: The Selection of Personnel for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS): Assessment and Psychometrics in Action -- Meet An Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Jed Yalof -- Self-Assessment:.
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