Psychological Testing
by Hogan, Thomas P.Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2013-10-21
Publisher(s): John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Summary
Tom Hogan's Psychological Testing: A Practical Introduction, Third Edition emphasizes active learning strategies to provide a practical introduction to the field of testing in Psychology and allied disciplines. A rigorous yet accessible text, Psychological Testing is uniquely written as a learning device as opposed to a reference work, encouraging readers to apply the material they are learning to real-life, contemporary situations.
Author Biography
Thomas P. Hogan teaches in the Education and Psychology Departments of the University of Scranton. Having written over 100 articles, presentations, papers, and chapters on educational measurement and assessment issues, he has also coauthored several widely used standardized and criterion-referenced assessment instruments. Dr. Hogan frequently serves as a consultant to school, state, and national organizations on assessment issues.
Table of Contents
Preface V
Acknowledgments IX
Part One 1
Chapter 1. The World Of Psychological Testing 3
Chapter 2. Sources Of Information About Tests 45
Chapter 3. Test Norms 63
Chapter 4. Reliability 111
Chapter 5. Validity 155
Chapter 6. Test Development, Item Analysis, And Fairness 205
Part Two 253
Chapter 7. Intelligence: Theories And Issues 255
Chapter 8. Individual Tests Of Intelligence 289
Chapter 9. Group Tests Of Mental Ability 339
Chapter 10. Neuropsychological Assessment (Brooke Cannon & Mathew Eisenhard) 383
Chapter 11. Achievement Tests 417
Chapter 12. Objective Personality Tests 445
Chapter 13. Clinical Instruments And Methods 481
Chapter 14. Projective Techniques 519
Chapter 15. Interests And Attitudes 549
Chapter 16. Ethical And Legal Issues  583
Appendixes
A. Test Reviewing And Selection 621
B. How To Build A (Simple) Test 629
C. Contact Information For Major Test Publishers 637
D. Sample Data Sets 641
E. Answers To Selected Exercises 643
Glossary 651
References 663
Text And Illustration Credits 683
Index 687
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