Psychological Testing: Principles, Applications, and Issues 9th Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9781337098137,1337098132,9798214351438
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- ISBN: 9798214351438
- Author: Robert M. Kaplan; Dennis P. Saccuzzo
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING: PRINCIPLES, APPLICATIONS, AND ISSUES, Ninth Edition explains the fundamentals of psychological testing, their important applications, and the controversies that emerge from those applications in clinical, education, industrial, and legal settings. Kaplan and Saccuzzo’s engaging and thorough text demonstrates how psychological tests are constructed and used, both in a professional setting and in everyday lives. Part I focuses on the core concepts that affect the evaluation of all tests. Part II discusses the major types of psychological tests, while Part III looks at present-day issues affecting testing such as stereotype threat, bias, laws, and ethics. A multitude of test profiles and sample items illustrate how psychological testing is used and reported. Real-life case studies demonstrate the uses and misuses of psychological testing, while “Technical Example” boxes help you understand complex statistical concepts.
Table contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Norms and Basic Statistics for Testing
Chapter 3. Correlation and Regression
Chapter 4. Reliability
Chapter 5. Validity
Chapter 6. Writing and Evaluating Test Items
Chapter 7. Test Administration
Chapter 8. Interviewing Techniques
Chapter 9. Theories of Intelligence and the Binet Scales
Chapter 10. The Wechsler Intelligence Scales: WAIS-IV, WISC-V, and WPPSI-IV
Chapter 11. Tests for Infants, Disabilities, and Special Populations
Chapter 12. Standardized Tests in Education, Civil Service, and the Military
Chapter 13. Applications in Clinical and Counseling Settings
Chapter 14. Projective Personality Tests
Chapter 15. Computers and Basic Psychological Science in Testing
Chapter 16. Testing in Counseling Psychology
Chapter 17. Testing in Health Psychology and Health Care
Chapter 18. Testing in Industrial and Business Settings
Chapter 19. Test Bias
Chapter 20. Testing and the Law
Chapter 21. The Future of Psychological Testing
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