Preface
PART I An Overview
1 Psychological Testing and Assessment 1
TESTING AND ASSESSMENT
Psychological Testing and Assessment Defined
THE TOOLS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
The Test
The Interview
The Portfolio
Case History Data
Behavioral Observation
Role-Play Tests
Computers as Tools
Other Tools
WHO, WHAT, WHY, HOW, AND WHERE?
Who Are the Parties?
In What Types of Settings Are Assessments Conducted, and Why?
How Are Assessments Conducted? __
Where to Go for Authoritative Information: Reference Sources
MEETAN ASSESSMENT PROFESSIONAL Meet Dr. Stephen Finn 5
CLOSE-UP Should Observers Be Parties to the Assessment Process?
EVERYDAY PSYCHOMETRICS Everyday Accommodations
SELF-ASSESSMENT
2 Historical, Cultural, and Legal/Ethical Considerations
A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century
The Twentieth Century 43
CULTURE AND ASSESSMENT 45
Evolving Interest in Culture-Related Issues
Some Issues Regarding Culture and Assessment
Tests and Group Membership
LEGAL AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
The Concerns of the Public
The Concerns of the Profession
The Rights of Testtakers
CLOSE-UP The Controversial Career of Henry Herbert Goddard
MEET AN ASSESSMENT PROFESSIONAL Meet Dr. Nathaniel V. Mohatt
EVERYDAY PSYCHOMETRICS Life-or-Death Psychological Assessment
SELF-ASSESSMENT
PART II The Science of Psychological Measurement
3 A Statistics Refresher
SCALES OF MEASUREMENT
Nominal Scales
Ordinal Scales
Interval Scales
Ratio Scales
Measurement Scales in Psychology
DESCRIBING DATA
Frequency Distributions
Measures of Central Tendency
Measures of Variability
Skewness
Kurtosis
THE NORMAL CURVE
The Area Under the Normal Curve
STANDARD SCORES
z Scores
T Scores
Other Standard Scores
CORRELATION AND INFERENCE
The Concept of Correlation
The Pearson r
The Spearman Rho
Graphic Representations of Correlation
Meta-Analysis
EVERYDAY PSYCHOMETRICS Consumer (of Graphed Data),
Beware!
CLOSE-UP The Normal Curve and Psychological Tests
MEET AN ASSESSMENT PROFESSIONAL Meet Dr. Benoit Verdon
SELF-ASSESSMENT
4 Of Tests and Testing
SOME ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING
AND ASSESSMENT 118
Assumption 1: Psychological Traits and States Exist
Assumption 2: Psychological Traits and States
Can Be Quantified and Measured
5 Reliability
6 Vaiidity
8 Test Development
PART III The Assessment of Intelligence
9 Intelligence and its Measurement
10 Tests of Intelligence
11 Assessment for Education
PART IV The Assessment of Personality
12 Personality Assessment: An Overview
13 Personality Assessment Methods
PART V Testing and Assessment in Action
14 Clinical and Counseling Assessment
15 Neuropsychological Assessment
16 Assessment, Careers, and Business
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