Modern Psychometrics by Rust, John,Golombok, S.u.s.a.n. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Contents LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Part one

1 The development of psychometrics

Psychometrics today The history of psychometrics Issues in intelligence testing The ethics of IQ testing Summary

2 The objectives of testing and assessment

Psychometrics and sociobiology Is psychometrics a science? What does psychometrics measure? The theory of true scores The true psychometrics: trait or function? Summary

3 The process of test construction

Knowledge-based and person-based questionnaires Objective and open-ended tests Norm-referenced and criterion-referenced testing Obtaining test scores by summing item scores The correction for guessing in objective knowledge-based tests Summary

4 Item analysis

Classical item analysis statistics for knowledge-based tests Classical item analysis for person-based tests Item analysis in criterion-referenced testing Psychological traits, true scores and internal test structure Classical item analysis for more complex situations Summary

5 Characteristics of tests

Reliability Validity Standardisation Normalisation Summary

6 Bias in testing and assessment

Bias and fairness Forms of bias Item bias Intrinsic test bias Extrinsic test bias Summary

7 Factor analysis

The correlation coefficient The application of factor analysis to test construction Criticisms of the classical factor analytic approach Special uses of factor analysis in test construction Summary

8 Using psychometrics in educational settings

Questioning the examination system Measuring ability in schoolchildren Measuring achievement in schoolchildren Ability-achievement discrepancy analysis Summary

9 Personality theory and clinical assessment

Definitions of personality Genetic vs. environmental influences on personality Theories of personality Types vs. traits Approaches to personality assessment Sources and management of sabotage Informal methods of personality assessment State vs. trait measures Ipsative scaling Spurious validity and the Barnum effect Assessment in clinical psychology Summary

10 Psychometric assessment of personality in occupational settings

The Big Five model Orpheus: a work-based personality questionnaire that assesses the Big Five The Orpheus scales The psychometric characteristics of Orpheus Using Orpheus Summary

11 Ethical test use and integrity testing

Administrative procedures for psychometric testing Integrity testing Theories of integrity Giotto: a psychometric test of integrity Summary

12 Psychometrics in the information technology age

Computerisation Artificial intelligence Summary

Part two

13 Constructing your own questionnaire

The purpose of the questionnaire Making a blueprint Writing items Designing the questionnaire Piloting the questionnaire Item analysis Reliability Validity Standardisation

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