{"product_id":"psychological-testing-3","title":"Psychological Testing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Psychological Testing\u003c\/strong\u003e by Theresa J. B. Kline is an accessible, easy-to-read book that effectively communicates the current concepts, trends, and controversies in the field of psychological testing. Readers are provided with an in-depth analysis of psychometrics in a format that will keep their attention and that they will be able to relate to the significance of psychological testing across numerous areas such as schools, businesses, clinical settings, military, or government.\"\u003c\/em\u003e -Todd L. Chmielewski, PsycCRITIQUES, December 7, 2005 VOL. 50, NO. 49, ARTICLE 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePsychological Testing: A Practical Approach to Design and Evaluation\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a fresh and innovative approach to students and faculty in the fields of testing, measurement, psychometrics, research design, and related areas of study. Author Theresa J.B. Kline guides readers through the process of designing and evaluating a test, while ensuring that the test meets the highest professional standards. The author uses simple, clear examples throughout and fully details the required statistical analyses. Topics include—but are not limited to—design of item stems and responses; sampling strategies; classical and modern test theory; IRT program examples; reliability of tests and raters; validation using content, criterion-related, and factor analytic approaches; test and item bias; and professional and ethical issues in testing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the student in mind, Kline has created features that ease them into more difficult ideas, always stressing the practical use of theoretical concepts. Features include\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA step-by-step approach to designing a test, including construct identification, construct operationalization, collecting data, item assessment, and reliability and validity techniques \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamples of data analyses with printouts and interpretation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUp-to-date coverage of psychometric topics, such as difference scores, change scores, translation, computer adaptive testing, reliability and validity generalization, professional and ethical guidelines, and references \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIRT program outputs (dichotomous and multiple response) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoverage of traditional topics in the context of how they would be used, such as standard errors and confidence intervals \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSampling approaches and their strengths and weaknesses, as well as response rates and missing data management\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePsychological Testing \u003c\/strong\u003eis perfectly suited as a main text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate Testing or Psychometrics courses in departments of Psychology, Education, Sociology, Management, and in the Human Services disciplines. Professional researchers, educators, and consultants will also want to add this to their libraries for up-to-date coverage of test design and evaluation techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Professor Kline′s attempts to de-mystify complex measurement concepts are beautifully simplified and illustrated in her countless illustrations of practical and relevant problems for the mathematically-challenged student. This book is also a must-have for those who simply do not have the desire for the theoretical jargon used in similar textbooks but are interested in the important conceptual and practical aspects of measurement as they apply in their disciplines.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e—Arturo Olivarez, Jr.,\u003cem\u003e Texas Tech University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Kline′s \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePsychological Testing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e provides a well-written treatment of the critical issues in designing and evaluating psychometric instruments. This book will be very useful to advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e—Richard Block, \u003cem\u003eMontana State University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254924071256,"sku":"9781412905442","price":262.88,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781412905442.jpg?v=1777233622","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/psychological-testing-3","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}