Psychological assessment and theory : creating and using psychological tests /
Kaplan, Robert M.
Psychological assessment and theory : creating and using psychological tests / Robert M. Kaplan - Eighth Edition. - Andover, Mass. : Wadsworth Cengage Learning, c2013 - xxii, 692 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Norms and Basic Statistics for Testing -- 3. Correlation an Regression -- 4. Reliability -- 5. Validity -- 6. Test Bias -- 7. Writing and Evaluating Test Items -- 8. Interviewing Techniques -- 9. Theories of Intelligence and the Binet Scales -- 10. The Wechsler Intelligence Scales: WAIS-IV, WISC-IV, and WPPSI-III. -- 11. Other Individual Tests of Ability in Education and Special Education -- 12. Standardized Tests in Education, Civil Service, and the Militar -- 13. Applications in Clinical and Counseling Settings -- 14. Projective Personality Tests -- 15. Computers and Basic Psychological Science in Testing -- 16. Testing in Counseling Psychology -- 17. Testing in Health Psychology and Health Care -- 18. Testing in Industrial and Business Settings --
Explains the fundamentals of psychological testing, their important applications, and the controversies that emerge from those applications in clinical, education, industrial, and legal settings. This title illustrates how psychological testing is used and reported
9788131520765
PSYCHOLOGY
BF 176 .K39 2013
Psychological assessment and theory : creating and using psychological tests / Robert M. Kaplan - Eighth Edition. - Andover, Mass. : Wadsworth Cengage Learning, c2013 - xxii, 692 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Norms and Basic Statistics for Testing -- 3. Correlation an Regression -- 4. Reliability -- 5. Validity -- 6. Test Bias -- 7. Writing and Evaluating Test Items -- 8. Interviewing Techniques -- 9. Theories of Intelligence and the Binet Scales -- 10. The Wechsler Intelligence Scales: WAIS-IV, WISC-IV, and WPPSI-III. -- 11. Other Individual Tests of Ability in Education and Special Education -- 12. Standardized Tests in Education, Civil Service, and the Militar -- 13. Applications in Clinical and Counseling Settings -- 14. Projective Personality Tests -- 15. Computers and Basic Psychological Science in Testing -- 16. Testing in Counseling Psychology -- 17. Testing in Health Psychology and Health Care -- 18. Testing in Industrial and Business Settings --
Explains the fundamentals of psychological testing, their important applications, and the controversies that emerge from those applications in clinical, education, industrial, and legal settings. This title illustrates how psychological testing is used and reported
9788131520765
PSYCHOLOGY
BF 176 .K39 2013