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• Cover
• Essentials of Behavioral Science Series
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Series Preface
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter One: Introduction to Psychological Tests and Their Uses
• Psychological Tests
• Psychological Tests as Tools
• Psychological Tests as Products
• History of Psychological Testing
• Other Developments in Psychological Testing
• Current Uses of Psychological Tests
• Psychological Assessment Versus Psychological Testing
• Test User Qualifications
• Sources of Information About Tests
• Chapter Two: Essential Statistics for Testing
• Measurement
• Variables and Constants
• The Meaning of Numbers
• Types of Statistics
• The Normal Curve Model
• Uses of the Normal Curve Model
• Essentials of Correlation and Regression
• Correlation Coefficients
• Conclusion
• Chapter Three: Essentials of Test Score Interpretation
• Raw Scores
• Frames of Reference for Test Score Interpretation
• Norm-Referenced Test Interpretation
• Intertest Comparisons
• Criterion-Referenced Test Interpretation
• Chapter Four: Essentials of Reliability
• Truth and Error in Psychological Measurement
• The Relativity of Reliability
• Sources of Error in Psychological Testing
• Reliability in Test Use
• Reliability Considerations in Test Interpretation
• Conclusion
• Chapter Five: Essentials of Validity
• Historical Perspectives on Validity
• Current Perspectives on Validity
• Sources of Validity Evidence
• Concluding Comments
• Chapter Six: Essential Test Item Considerations
• The Context of Item Analysis: Test Development
• Test Item Types
• Classical Methods of Item Analysis
• Item Response Theory
• Item Fairness
• Explorations in Item Development and Scoring
• Chapter Seven: Essentials of Ethical Test Use
• Sources of Information on Ethical Use of Tests
• Essentials of Test Selection
• Essentials of Test Administration And Scoring
• Essentials of Test Score Interpretation and Reporting
• Conclusion
• Appendix A Commercially Available Tests Mentioned in the Text
• Appendix B Internet Addresses of Test Publishers and Distributors
• Appendix C Table of Areas and Ordinates of the Normal Curve
• References
• Index
• About the Author
• End User License Agreement