Principles and Methods of Test Construction : Standards and Recent Advances

Karl Schweizer

ISBN 10: 088937449X / ISBN 13: 9780889374492

Editore: Hogrefe Publishing Apr 2016, 2016

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Neuware - This latest volume in the series Psychological Assessment - Scienceand Practice describes the current state-of-the-art in test developmentand construction. The past 10-20 years have seen substantialadvances in the methods used to develop and administer tests. In thisvolume many of the world's leading authorities collate these advancesand provide information about current practices, thus equipping researchersand students to successfully construct instruments usingthe latest standards and techniques. The volume is organized into fiverelated sections. The first explains the benefits of considering the underlyingtheory when designing tests, with a focus on factor analysisand item response theory in construction. The second section looks atitem format and test presentation. The third discusses model testingand selection, while the fourth goes into statistical methods to identifygroup-specific biases. The final section discusses current topics ofspecial relevance, such as multi-trait multi-state analyses and developmentof screening instruments.

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• Titolo: Principles and Methods of Test Construction : Standards and Recent Advances
• Editore: Hogrefe Publishing Apr 2016
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 088937449X
• ISBN 13: 9780889374492
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 253 L x 177 A x 18 P (millimetri) 253 millimetri di larghezza per 177 millimetri di altezza per 18 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 703 grammi

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Riassunto

This latest volume in the series Psychological Assessment Science and Practice describes the current state-of-the-art in test development and construction. The past 10 20 years have seen substantial advances in the methods used to develop and administer tests. In this volume many of the world s leading authorities collate these advances and provide information about current practices, thus equipping researchers and students to successfully construct new tests using the best modern standards and techniques.The first section explains the benefits of considering the underlying theory when designing tests, such as factor analysis and item response theory. The second section looks at item format and test presentation.The third discusses model testing and selection, while the fourth goes into statistical methods that can find group-specific bias.The final section discusses topics of special relevance, such as multitrait multimethod analyses and development of screening instruments.Each volume in the series Psychological Assessment Science and Practice presents the state-of-the-art of assessment in a particular domain of psychology, with regard to theory, research, and practical applications. Editors and contributors are leading authorities in their respective fields. Each volume discusses, in a reader-friendly manner, critical issues and developments in assessment, as well as wellknown and novel assessment tools. The series is an ideal educational resource for researchers, teachers, and students of assessment, as well as practitioners. Psychological Assessment Science and Practice is edited with the support of the European Association of Psychological Assessment (EAPA).

Informazioni sull?autore

Karl Schweizer, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. He received his PhD from the University of Freiburg and was a faculty member there and at the University of Tübingen.His research interests focus on assessment, cognitive-differential psychology, psychological statistics, and research methods. He has served on the Executive Committee of the European Association of Psychological Assessment and was editor of European Journal of Psychological Assessment.Christine DiStefano, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Educational Measurement in the College of Education at the University of South Carolina. Her research interests are in validity, survey construction, structural equation modeling with categorical data, and classification.