Psychometric methods: theory into practice
This book provides up-to-date coverage of psychometric theory, methods, and interpretation of results. Essential topics include measurement and statistical concepts, scaling models, test design and development, reliability, validity, factor analysis, item response theory, and generalizability theory. Also addressed are norming and test equating, topics not typically covered in traditional psychometrics texts. Examples drawn from a dataset on intelligence testing are used throughout the book, el…
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- Full title :Psychometric methods : theory into practice / Larry R. Price.
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This book provides up-to-date coverage of psychometric theory, methods, and interpretation of results. Essential topics include measurement and statistical concepts, scaling models, test design and development, reliability, validity, factor analysis, item response theory, and generalizability theory. Also addressed are norming and test equating, topics not typically covered in traditional psychometrics texts. Examples drawn from a dataset on intelligence testing are used throughout the book, elucidating the assumptions underlying particular methods and providing SPSS (or alternative) syntax for conducting analyses.
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- Publication Date:©2017
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):The Guilford Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2017
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- Description:xvi, 552 pages : : illustrations ; : 27 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781462524778, 146252477X
- oclc:ocn914290430
- LC Classification:BF39
- Dewey Decimal:150.15195
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Measurement and statistical concepts -- Criterion, content, and construct validity -- Statistical aspects of the validation process -- Scaling -- Test development -- Reliability -- Generalizability theory -- Factor analysis -- Item response theory -- Norms and test equating.
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