Psychological Testing Principles, Applications, and Issues (with InfoTrac)

by Kaplan, Robert M.; Saccuzzo, Dennis P.

• ISBN13: 9780534370961
• ISBN10: 0534370969
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-07
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Easy-to-read and accessible, this book effectively communicates the excitement and dynamics of the field of psychological testing. Robert Kaplan and Dennis Saccuzzo provide students with a current analysis of the most widely used psychological tests in schools, professional training programs, business, industry, the military, and clinical settings. As students read through the book, they get a clear picture of how psychological tests are constructed, how they are used, and how an understanding of them can make a difference in their careers and everyday lives.Students will get a very real sense of how psychological tests are constructed, how they are used, and how an understanding of them can make a difference in their careers and everyday lives. Comprehensive and accurate, yet interesting and personally relevant, this book gets and keeps students' attention through the use of informal discussions and real-life examples.

Table of Contents

Part I: PRINCIPLES

1. Introduction

2. Norms and Basic Statistics for Testing

3. Correlation and Regression

4. Reliability

5. Validity

6. Writing and Evaluating Test Items

7. Selection and Decision Analysis

8. Test Administration

Part II: APPLICATIONS

9. Interviewing Techniques

10. Theories of Intelligence and the Binet Scale

11. The Wechsler Intelligence Scales

12. Other Individual Tests of Ability

13. Group Ability Tests: Intelligence, Achievement, and Aptitude

14. Tests for Choosing Careers

15. Structured Personality Tests

16. Projective Personality Tests

17. Cognitive-Behavioral Assessment

18. Testing in Health Psychology and Health Care

Part III: ISSUES

19. Test Bias

20. Testing and the Law

21. The Future of Psychological Testing

Appendices

1. Areas of a Standard Normal Distribution

2. Publishers of Major Tests

3. Critical Values of r for Two-Tailed Test

4. Critical Values of t

5. Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education