Handbook of Psychological TestingSince publication in its first edition the Handbook of Psychological Testing has become the standard text for organisational and educational psychologists. It offers the only comprehensicve, modern and clear account of the whole of the field of psychometrics. It covers psychometric theory, the different kinds of psychological test, applied psychological testing, and the evaluation of the best published psychological tests. It is outstanding for its detailed and complete coverage of the field, its clarity (even for the non-mathematical) and its emphasis on the practical application of psychometric theory in psychology and education, as well as in vocational, occupational and clinical fields. For this second edition the Handbook has been extensively revised and updated to include the latest research and thinking in the field. Unlike other work in this area, it challenges the scientific rigour of conventional psychometrics and identifies groundbreaking new ways forward. |
Contents
List offiguresand | |
Psychometric theoryand method | |
The classicalmodel of test error | |
Computerised and tailored testing | |
factor analytic and item analytic | |
Other | |
Intelligence tests 13 Ability tests 14 Aptitude and attainmenttests | |
Projective and objective tests of personality | |
Testsineducational psychology | |
SECTION IV | |
Intelligencetests | |
Abilityaptitude and attainment tests | |
Personality questionnaires | |
Projectiveandobjective tests | |
Measures ofattitudes 29 Other tests | |
Finale | |
Interest and motivation tests | |
Othertypesof psychological tests | |
SECTION II | |
Statistical formulae 2 Glossary | |
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