Comprehending Test Manuals

ebook ∣ A Guide and Workbook

By Ann Silverlake

cover image of Comprehending Test Manuals

Sign up to save your library

With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. Find out more about OverDrive accounts.

   Not today

Format

ebook

ISBN

9781138287785

Author

Ann Silverlake

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Release

13 September 2016

Share

Subjects

Psychology Research Sociology Nonfiction

Find this title in Libby, the library reading app by OverDrive.

Download Libby on the App Store Download Libby on Google Play

Search for a digital library with this title

Title found at these libraries:

Library Name Distance
Loading...

  • Your students will get valuable practice in interpreting actual excerpts from published test manuals.

  • 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.

  • Background notes on each exercise describe the purpose of the test from which the excerpt was drawn.

  • Students answer questions that require them to locate and interpret important points in the excerpt.

  • The excerpts are largely unabridged so that students practice interpreting material as it is actually presented by test makers.

  • The skills they learn with this book can be easily transferred to other test manuals they may be using in the future.

  • 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.

  • All major topics are covered, including:

    · validity

    · reliability

    · standard error of measurement

    · norm group composition

    · derived scores

    · scales to detect faking

    · item analysis

    · cultural bias

  • The excerpts are drawn from tests such as:

    · Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

    · Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test

    · 16PF

    · Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale

    · MMPI

    · Beck Depression Inventory

    · Stanford Achievement Test Series

    · KeyMath

    · and many others!

    • Format

    ebook

    ISBN

    9781138287785

    Author

    Ann Silverlake

    Publisher

    Taylor & Francis

    Release

    13 September 2016

    Share

    Subjects

    Psychology Research Sociology Nonfiction
    Comprehending Test Manuals