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Tests & Measurement
TESTS & MEASUREMENT FOR PEOPLE WHO (THINK THEY) HATE TESTS &
MEASUREMENT THIRD EDITION
Neil J. Salkind, The University of Kansas
Using his signature, conversational writing style and straightforward presentation, Neil J. Salkind's best-selling Tests
& Measurement for People Who (Think They) Hate Tests & Measurement guides readers through an overview of
categories of tests, the design of tests, the use of tests, and some of the basic social, political, and legal issues that
the process of testing involves. The Third Edition includes a new chapter on item response theory, new sections on
neuropsychological testing, new cartoons, and additional end-of-chapter exercises. Free online resources accompany
the text to make teaching easier and provide students with the practice tools they need to master the material.
CONTENTS PART I: IN THE BEGINNING / 1. Why Measurement? An Introduction / PART II. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PSYCHOMETRICS / 2. One Potato,
Two Potatoes . . . Levels of Measurement and Their Importance / 3. Getting It Right Every Time: Reliability and Its Importance / 4. The Truth, the
Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth: Validity and Its Importance / 5. Welcome to Lake Woebegone, Where All the Children Are Above Average:
Norms and Percentiles / 6. Another Approach in Item Response Theory – A "New" Kid On The Block / PART III: THE TAO AND HOW OF TESTING / 7.
Short Answer and Completion Items: Baskin Robbins® Has __ Flavors / 8. Essay Items: Hope You Can Write / 9. Multiple-Choice Items: Always Pick
Answer C and You'll Be Right About 25% of the Time / 10. Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match: Matching Items / 11. True-False Tests: T or
F? I Passed My First Measurement Test / 12. Portfolios: Seeing the Big Picture / 13. So, Tell Me About Your Childhood: Interesting Interviews / PART
IV: WHAT TO TEST AND HOW TO TEST IT / 14. Achievement Tests: Who Really Discovered America? / 15. Personality Tests: Type A, Type B, or Type C? /
16. Aptitude Tests: What's in Store for Me? / 17. Intelligence Tests: That Rubik's Cube Is Driving Me Nuts / 18. Career Choices: So You Want to Be a
What? / PART V: IT'S NOT ALWAYS AS YOU THINK: ISSUES IN TESTS AND MEASUREMENT / 19. Test Bias: Fair for Everyone? / 20. The Law, Testing, and
Ethics: No Child (Should Be) Left Behind and Other Very Interesting Stuff / Appendix A: Your Tests and Measurement Statistics Toolkit / Appendix
B: The Guide to (Almost) Every Test in the Universe / Appendix C: Answers to Practice Questions / Appendix D: A (Very Brief) Review of the Offi cial
Standards for Psychological and Educational Testing
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-5063-6838-2 • ©2018 • 448 PAGES •
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PSYCHOMETRICS: An Introduction THIRD EDITION
R. Michael Furr, Wake Forest University
Using a meaning-based approach that emphasizes the "why" over the "how to," Psychometrics: An Introduction
provides thorough coverage of fundamental issues in psychological measurement.
CONTENTS 1: Psychometrics and the Importance of Psychological Measurement / PART I. BASIC CONCEPTS IN MEASUREMENT / 2: Scaling /
3: Individual Differences and Correlations / 4: Test Dimensionality and Factor Analysis / PART II. RELIABILITY / 5: Reliability: Conceptual Basis
/ 6: Empirical Estimates of Reliability / 7: The Importance of Reliability / PART III. VALIDITY / 8: Validity: Conceptual Basis / 9: Estimating and
Evaluating Convergent and Discriminant Validity Evidence / PART IV. THREATS TO PSYCHOMETRIC QUALITY / 10: Response Biases / 11: Test Bias
/ PART V. ADVANCED PSYCHOMETRIC APPROACHES / 12: Confi rmatory Factor Analysis / 13: Generalizability Theory / 14: Item Response Theory
and Rasch Models
HARDCOVER ISBN: 978-1-5063-3986-3 • ©2018 • 568 PAGES •
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BEST SELLER
SCALE DEVELOPMENT: Theory and Applications FOURTH EDITION
Robert F. DeVellis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
In the Fourth Edition of Scale Development, Robert F. DeVellis demystifi es measurement by emphasizing a logical
rather than strictly mathematical understanding of concepts. The text supports readers in comprehending newer
approaches to measurement, comparing them to classical approaches, and grasping more clearly the relative merits
of each. This edition addresses new topics pertinent to modern measurement approaches and includes additional
exercises and topics for class discussion.
CONTENTS 1. Overview / 2. Understanding the Latent Variable / 3. Reliability / 4. Validity / 5. Guidelines in Scale Development / 6. Factor
Analysis / 7. An Overview of Item Response Theory / 8. Measurement in the Broader Research Context
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-5063-4156-9 • ©2017 • 280 PAGES • •
