Summary

Psychological Testing: A Practical Introduction,3rd Edition provides a comprehensive introduction tomajor psychometric principles, accompanied by "real world" examplesdemonstrating test usage in contemporary practice. The textexplores concepts including reliability, validity, normsdevelopment, approaches to both norm-referenced andcriterion-referenced interpretation, methods of studying test bias,and procedures for test development. Additionally, the bookis written in clear, student-friendly language, without omittingdifficult issues and concepts. The book describes examples oftests in major domains, including intelligence, personality (bothobjective and projective), clinical methods, achievement, interestsand attitudes, and neuropsychology.