{"product_id":"comprehending-test-manuals","title":"Comprehending Test Manuals","description":"\u003cp\u003e• Your students will get valuable practice in interpreting actual excerpts from published test manuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Each of the 39 exercises begins with a guideline that helps students review the measurement concepts they will need in order to complete the exercise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Background notes on each exercise describe the purpose of the test from which the excerpt was drawn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Students answer questions that require them to locate and interpret important points in the excerpt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• The excerpts are largely unabridged so that students practice interpreting material as it is actually presented by test makers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• The skills they learn with this book can be easily transferred to other test manuals they may be using in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Students have an ethical responsibility to be thoroughly familiar with the technical characteristics of the tests they will use. This book prepares them for this responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• All major topics are covered, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· validity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· reliability\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· standard error of measurement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· norm group composition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· derived scores \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· scales to detect faking \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· item analysis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· cultural bias\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• The excerpts are drawn from tests such as:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· 16PF\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· MMPI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· Beck Depression Inventory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· Stanford Achievement Test Series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· KeyMath\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· and many others!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pyrczak Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54249197830488,"sku":"9781884585128","price":47.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781884585128_7808ddc9-5bb4-46fa-824f-9c7f29309cd6.jpg?v=1768049138","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/comprehending-test-manuals","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}