Psychological Testing and Assessment examines the philosophical, historical, and methodological foundations of psychological testing, assessment, and measurement. Students gain an appreciation for the benefits and pitfalls of testing and assessment in practice.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent resource!,
By The Talk Doc "TalkDoc" (Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Psychological Testing and Assessment: An Introduction To Tests and Measurement (Hardcover)
I was surprised to see this book ranked so poorly and then read the predominantly negative reviews of this book. As a psychology instructor and a PhD student I've found this book to be invaluable. It is an excellent introduction to the topic and although I have over a dozen reference tools on psychological assessment I frequently refer to this one when I need a concise definition or brief discussion of a topic. I recommend to my students who are headed to grad school to hang on to this text!
21 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
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a widely-used but poorly-written textbook,
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This review is from: Psychological Testing and Assessment: An Introduction To Tests and Measurement (Hardcover)
This textbook covers a lot of material, but in an unsystematic way: the definitions are not worded in a predictable and consistent manner, the more important issues are not given priority over the less important ones, but everything is simply thrown together into an indigestible and boring glob.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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A necessary evil,
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This review is from: Psychological Testing and Assessment: An Introduction To Tests and Measurement (Hardcover)
Unfortunately, I found the book a necessary evil. It was a required text for my Master's program tests and measurements course, otherwise, I would have never bought and read it. It does cover a lot of material, and I did receive a good understanding of what psychological testing and assessment is all about. But the style!.. It sometimes took me 4-5 attempts to read a passage and make sense out of it. Some chapters (like a Statistical Refresher) felt like the authors made their very best to make sure the readers won't understand a word. With a few exceptions of entertaining examples, the book is boring and is written in a very difficult language.
Another point - for the kind of price I expected the illustrations to be in color. Well, all illustrations (good thing, there are many of them, at least) are black & white with occasional pink.
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All fields of human endeavor use measurement in some form, and each field has its own set of measuring tools and measuring units. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Everyday Psychometrics, World War, Public Law, Full Scale, Secret Service, Self-Assessment Test, Digit Span, Alfred Binet, David Wechsler, Symbol Search, American Psychiatric Association, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Letter-Number Sequencing, Object Assembly, American Psychological Association, Graduate Record Examination, Thematic Apperception Test, New Jersey, Scholastic Aptitude Test, University of Minnesota, Asian American, Disabilities Education Act, Hand Test, Marital Satisfaction Scale New!
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All fields of human endeavor use measurement in some form, and each field has its own set of measuring tools and measuring units. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Everyday Psychometrics, World War, Public Law, Full Scale, Secret Service, Self-Assessment Test, Digit Span, Alfred Binet, David Wechsler, Symbol Search, American Psychiatric Association, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Letter-Number Sequencing, Object Assembly, American Psychological Association, Graduate Record Examination, Thematic Apperception Test, New Jersey, Scholastic Aptitude Test, University of Minnesota, Asian American, Disabilities Education Act, Hand Test, Marital Satisfaction Scale New!
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