New Rules of Measurement - What Every Psychologist and Educator Should Know

Zusatztext "Embretson and Hershberger have marshaled an impressive platoon of IRT and measurement experts whose chapters spark the imagination and challenge the ranks of measurement educators to do more than they have....It will remind you why you became interested in psychological measurement in the first place....this is overall a thoughtful and thought-provoking book." — Personnel Psychology Informationen zum Autor Edited by Embretson, Susan E.; Hershberger, Scott L. Klappentext This volume brings together leading measurement researchers and practitioners from various areas to discuss new developments in test development, administration, scoring, and interpretation. For psychometricians and educational measurement specialists. Zusammenfassung This volume brings together leading measurement researchers and practitioners from various areas to discuss new developments in test development, administration, scoring, and interpretation. For psychometricians and educational measurement specialists. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: S.E. Embretson, S.L. Hershberger, Preface. S.E. Embretson, Issues in the Measurement of Cognitive Abilities. R.M. Thorndike, IRT and Intelligence Testing: Past, Present, and Future. M.H. Daniel, Behind the Scenes: Using New Measurement Methods on DAS and KAIT. B.D. Wright, Fundamental Measurement for Psychology. R.W. Woodcock, What Can Rasch-Based Scores Convey About a Person's Test Performance? G.A. Marcoulides, Generalizability Theory: Picking Up Where the Rasch IRT Model Leaves Off? S.L. Hershberger, Introduction to Personality Measurement. J.E. Exner, Jr., The Rorschach: Measurement Concepts and Issues of Validity. N.G. Waller, Searching for Structure in the MMPI. S.P. Reise, Personality Measurement Issues Viewed Through the Eyes of IRT. S.E. Embretson, S.L. Hershberger, Summary and Future of Psychometric Methods in Testing. ...

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• Authors: Susan E. Hershberger Embretson
• Assisted by: Susan E. Embretson (Editor), Embretson Susan E. (Editor), Scott L. Hershberger (Editor), Hershberger Scott L. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.04.2014
• EAN: 9781138003019
• ISBN: 978-1-138-00301-9
• No. of pages: 263
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching skills & techniques, Psychological testing & measurement, Psychological testing and measurement, Education: examinations and assessment, Examinations & assessment