Synopses & Reviews
Includes bibliographical references (p. 565-624) and indexes.
Table of Contents
PrefacePART I. AN OVERVIEWChapter 1: Psychological Testing and AssessmentTesting and Assessment Who, What, Why, and Where?Close-Up: Types of Computer-Generated Psychological ReportsEveryday Psychometrics: “The Following Film is Rated PG-13”…But Whodunnit? How? And Why?Self-AssessmentChapter 2: Historical, Cultural, and Legal/Ethical ConsiderationsA Historical PerspectiveCulture and AssessmentLegal and Ethical ConsiderationsClose-Up: Assessment, Admissions, and Affirmative Action: Grutter v. Bollinger et al. (2003)Everyday Psychometrics: Life-or-Death Psychological AssessmentSelf-AssessmentPART II. THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTChapter 3: A Statistics RefresherScales of MeasurementDescribing DataThe Normal CurveStandard ScoresEveryday Psychometrics: Consumer (of Graphed Data) Beware!Close-Up: The Normal Curve and Psychological TestsSelf-AssessmentChapter 4: Of Tests and TestingSome Assumptions About Psychological Testing and AssessmentWhat’s a “Good Test”?NormsCorrelation and InferenceInference from MeasurementEveryday Psychometrics: Putting Tests to the TestClose-Up: Good Ol’ Norms and the GRE Self-AssessmentChapter 5: ReliabilityThe Concept of ReliabilityReliability EstimatesUsing and Interpreting a Coefficient of ReliabilityReliability and Individual ScoresClose-Up: The Reliability of the Bayley-IIEveryday Psychometrics: The Reliability Defense and the Breathalyzer TestSelf-AssessmentChapter 6: ValidityThe Concept of ValidityContent ValidityCriterion-Related ValidityConstruct ValidityValidity, Bias, and FairnessClose-Up: Base Rates and Predictive ValidityEveryday Psychometrics: Adjustment of Test Scores by Group Membership: Fairness in Testing or Foul Play?Self-AssessmentChapter 7: Test DevelopmentTest ConceptualizationTest ConstructionTest TryoutItem AnalysisTest RevisionEveryday Psychometrics: Psychometrics in the ClassroomClose-up: Designing and Item BankSelf-AssessmentPART III. THE ASSESSMENT OF INTELLIGENCE8. Intelligence and Its MeasurementWhat Is Intelligence?Measuring IntelligenceIntelligence: Some IssuesA PerspectiveEveryday Psychometrics: Being GiftedClose-up: Culture Fair/Culture LoadedSelf-AssessmentChapter 9: Tests of IntelligenceThe Stanford-Binet Intelligence ScalesThe Wechsler TestsOther Measures of IntelligenceClose-up: Factor AnalysisEveryday Psychometrics: The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB): A Test You Can TakeSelf-AssessmentChapter 10: Preschool and Educational AssessmentPreschool AssessmentAchievement TestsAptitude TestsDiagnostic TestsPsychoeducational Test BatteriesOther Tools of Assessment in Educational SettingsEveryday Psychometrics: First ImpressionsClose-up: Tests of Minimum CompetencySelf-AssessmentPART IV. THE ASSESSMENT OF PERSONALITYChapter 11: Personality Assessment: An OverviewPersonality and Personality Assessment DefinedPersonality Assessment: Some Basic QuestionsDeveloping Instruments to Assess PersonalityPersonality Assessment and CultureEveryday Psychometrics: Some Common Item FormatsClose-up: Assessing Acculturation and Related VariablesSelf-AssessmentChapter 12: Personality Assessment MethodsObjective MethodsProjective MethodsBehavioral Assessment MethodsA PerspectiveEveryday Psychometrics: Confessions of a Behavior RaterClose-up: Personality, Life Outcomes, and College Yearbook PhotosSelf-AssessmentPART V. TESTING AND ASSESSMENT IN ACTIONChapter 13: Clinical and Counseling AssessmentAn OverviewThe InterviewCase History DataPsychological TestsSpecial Applications of Clinical MeasuresThe Psychological ReportClose-up: Assessment of Dangerousness and the Secret ServiceEveryday Psychometrics: Elements of a Typical Report of Psychological AssessmentSelf-AssessmentChapter 14: Neuropsychological AssessmentThe Nervous System and BehaviorThe Neuropsychological ExaminationClose-up: Fixed Versus Flexible Neuropsychological Test Batteries and the LawEveryday Psychometrics: Medical Diagnostic Aids and Neuropsychological AssessmentSelf-AssessmentChapter 15: The Assessment of People with DisabilitiesAn OveriviewAssessment and Specific DisabilitiesEveryday Psychometrics: Public Law 105-17 and Everyday PracticeClose-up: Expert TestimonySelf-AssessmentChapter 16: Assessment, Careers, and BusinessCareer Choice and Career TransitionScreening, Selection, Classification, and PlacementProductivity, Motivation, Attitude, and Organizational CultureOther Applications of Tools of AssessmentClose-up: Validity Generalization and the GATBEveryday Psychometrics: Assessment of Corporate and Organizational CultureSelf-AssessmentReferencesCreditsName IndexGlossary/Index