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Informationen zum Autor Charles Jackson lived a quintessentially tragic, sometime glamorous and tortured literary life - living in The Dakota, The Chelsea Hotel anddying at St Vincent's Hospital of complications of the tuberculosis he had decades earlier treated at a Swiss sanatorium. A queer writer, hestruggled with writer's block, mental health challenges, and various addictions to pills and drink, while all the while carrying on a highlysuccessful career as a radio and TV writer, and famous novelist. Born in America in 1903, he began binge-drinking during The Great Depression. In later life, he attempted suicide and was sent to the infamous Bellevue Hospital, in New York. Married, with two children, he nonetheless lived a complex, bisexual life, best understood by reading his works, now seen to be more autobiographical than they were known to be at time of publication. Klappentext This book explains all aspects of psychological tests including how they are constructed and standardized. The advantages and pitfalls of tests are described and attention is given to reliability and validity. Information on becoming a test user and a guide for test takers are also included. Zusammenfassung This book explains all aspects of psychological tests including how they are constructed and standardized. The advantages and pitfalls of tests are described and attention is given to reliability and validity. Information on becoming a test user and a guide for test takers are also included. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Why use tests?. 2. What is a psychological test?. 3. Where tests are used. 4. Understanding test scores. 5. How to judge tests. 6. How to use tests properly. 7. How to find out about tests. 8. Becoming a test user. 9. Guide for test takers.
