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 | | Tests and Assessment by W. Bruce Walsh, Nancy E. Betz ISBN-10: 9780131731714 ISBN-10: 0-13-173171-8 ISBN-13: 9780131731714 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-173171-4 Hardcover 1994-11-23 Prentice Hall College Div Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description This book presents basic concepts in tests and assessment to contribute to a more intelligent understanding and use of psychological and educational tests. It focuses on the theory, techniques, and skills used to assess people and their behavior in context with the environment. Chapter topics include the history and meaning of assessment; basic statistical concepts in testing and assessment; reliability, validity, and test construction; objective personality assessment; projective and behavioral personality assessment; the nature and assessment of intelligence; the assessment of aptitudes, achievement, interests, work values, career development and maturity, and career indecision; environmental assessment; person-environment psychology and assessment; human development and assessment.; and professional and ethical standards and social issues in assessment. For use in guidance and counseling professions, social work, educational administration, and other areas in which a background in testing and assessment is needed. | ||
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Avoid this textbook if possible I am a Ph.D. student studying measurement, and this textbook is--by far--the worst measurement textbook that I have yet encountered. This textbook is completely unsuitable for giving students the skills they need to evaluate tests independently and be smart test consumers. The vanilla prose has far fewer references to the professional research literature than most social science textbooks and the authors draw too much of their reviews of tests from the test manuals themselves. When the authors do draw from the literature it is frequently terrible outdated, with roughly a third coming from before 1980. Moreover, they do not tackle major issues in testing (like profile analysis or the Flynn effect) or they mention them very shallowly (such as the validity of the Rorschach). Psychometrics are glossed over, and their meaning is often distorted (i.e., the authors say that tests are reliable and not scores). If you're looking for a psychometrics refresher, avoid this book. If you're teaching a class on testing this next semester, find another textbook. This one will not meet your needs. | ||
Thorough information on tests and assessments I am the director of secondary school student teachers at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. I have found this text to give very comprehensive and practical information about educational tests and assessments. It includes samples of tests and test results. It also explains test interpretation in a practical way. | ||