Tests & Measurement for People Who (Think They) Hate Tests & Measurement 3rd Edition – Ebook PDF Version

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1506368387
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1506368382
• Author: Neil J. Salkind

Using his signature, conversational writing style and straightforward presentation, Neil J. Salkind’s best-selling Tests & Measurement for People Who (Think They) Hate Tests & Measurement guides readers through an overview of categories of tests, the design of tests, the use of tests, and some of the basic social, political, and legal issues that the process of testing involves. The Third Edition includes a new chapter on item response theory, new sections on neuropsychological testing, new cartoons, and additional end-of-chapter exercises. Free online resources accompany the text to make teaching easier and provide students with the practice tools they need to master the material.

Table of contents:

PART I In the Beginning . . .

1. Why Me-asurement? An Introduction

PART II The Psychology of Psychometrics

2. One Potato, Two Potatoes . . . Levels of Measurement and Their Importance

3. Getting It Right Every Time: Reliability and Its Importance

4. The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth: Validity and Its Importance

5. Welcome to Lake Wobegon, Where All the Children Are Above Average: Norms and Percentiles

6. Item Response Theory—A “New� Kid on the Block

PART III The Tao and How of Testing

7. Short-Answer and Completion Items: Baskin Robbins® Has __ Flavors

8. Essay Items: Hope You Can Write

9. Multiple-Choice Items: Always Pick Answer C and You’ll Be Right About 25% of the Time

10. Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match: Matching Items

11. True-False Tests: T or F? I Passed My First Measurement Test

12. Portfolios: Seeing the Big Picture

13. So, Tell Me About Your Childhood: Interesting Interviews

PART IV What to Test and How to Test It

14. Achievement Tests: Who Really Discovered America?

15. Personality and Neuropsychological Testing: Type A, B, or Me?

16. Aptitude Tests: What’s in Store for Me?

17. Intelligence Tests: That Rubik’s Cube Is Driving Me Nuts

18. Career Choices: So You Want to Be a What?

PART V It’s Not Always as You Think: Issues in Tests and Measurement

19. Test Bias: Fair for Everyone?

20. The Law, Testing, and Ethics: No Child (Should Be) Left Behind and Other Very Interesting Stuff

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