Modern measurement : theory, principles, and applications of mental appraisal /

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Main Author: Osterlind, Steven J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, [2006]
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Introductory considerations
  • Introduction to psychological measurement
  • Statistical concepts, probability, expectations, and more
  • Part II: Classical theory and validity
  • Classical test theory
  • Validity
  • Traditional reliability strategies
  • Part III: Scaling tests
  • Dimensional scaling and norming
  • The normal curve and distributional statistics
  • Part IV: Constructing tests
  • Constructing items and exercises for tests
  • Performance-related measures
  • Part V: Modern approaches : IRT and generalizability theory
  • Modern scaling with item response theory
  • Modern reliability analysis : generalizability theory
  • Part VI: Analyzing tests
  • Examining individual test items and exercises
  • Examining whole tests
  • Part VII: Further testing issues
  • Establishing standards
  • Equivalence : linking and equating
  • Test administration : modes and special considerations.