TY - BOOK AU - Anastast, Anne and Urbina, Susans TI - Psychology Testing CY - Delhi PB - Pearson Prentice Hall N1 - Contents PART ONE FUNCTIONS AND ORIGINS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING 1 Nature and Use of Psychological Tests 16 Uses and varieties of Pychological Tests 16 What is a Pychokesical Tests! 18 Why Control the he of Pychological Test 24 Test Administration 27 Examiner und Stnastisesal Viriables 31 A View from the Test Taker's Perspective Effects of Training on Test Perkematice 37 Sources of Information about Tests 2 Historical Antecedents of Modern Testing 46 Early Interest in Classification and Training and Mentally Retarded Persons 47 The First Experimental Psychological 48 Contributions of Francis Galron 49 Catrell and the Early "Mental Tests" 50 Binet and the Rise of Intelligence Tests 51 Group Testing 52 Aptitude Testing 53 Standardized Achievement Tests 56 Assessment of Personality 58 PART TWO TECHNICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES 3 Norms and the Meaning of Test Scores 62 Statistical Concepts 63 Development Norms 68 Within-Group Norms 72 Relativity of Norms 80 Computers and the Iriterpretation of Test Scores Domain-Referenced Test Interpretation 90 Minimum Qualifications and Cutoff Scores 8 CONTENTS 4 Reliability 98 The Correlation Coefficient 00 Types of Reliability 105 Reliability of Speeded Tests 116 Dependence of Reliability Coefficients on the Sample Tested 119 Standard Error of Measurement 121 Rehalsility Applied to Mastery Testing and Cutoff Scores 126 5 Validity: Basic Concepts 127 Evolving Concepts of Test Validity 128 Content-Description Procedures 128 Criterion-Prediction Procedures 132 Construct-Identification Procedures 140 Overview and Integration 150. 6 Validity: Measurement and Interpretation 154 Validity Coefficient and Error of Estimate 155 Test Validity and Decision Theory 158 Combining Information from Different Tests 170 Use of Tests for Classification Decisions 174 Statistical Analyses of Test Bias 178 7 Item Analysis 186 Item Difficulty 187 Item Discrimination 193 Item Response Theory 201 Item Analysis of Speeded Tests 207 Cross-Validation 208 Differential Item Functioning 210 Explorations in Item Development 214 PART THREE ABILITY TESTING 8 Individual Tests 218 Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale 219 The Wechsler Scales 228 The Kaufman Scales 236 Differential Ability Scales 240 Das-Naglieri Cognitive Assessment System 247 9 Tests for Special Populations 10 Group Testing Alipove Timing and 11 Nature of Intelligence Mining of3Q509 Sheraton and lelligence 314 Theater of Trat Option 323 Nature and Develo552 12 Psychological Issues in Ability Testing 337 Longrulmal Studies of Colliger 337 Innelligence of Early Childhood 341 Profiles on the Teang of Adult 345 Population Changes intelligence Test Performance Cultural Devenir 354 PART FOUR PERSONALITY TESTING 13 Self-Report Personality Inventories 362 Coenene Beland Procedines 363 Empirical Common Keying 364 Factor Anilin Test Development 376 Personality Theory Test Development 361 Tie-Talking Anitudes and Response Buses 388 Train, Stanes, Persons and Sinations 393 Cometer Starter of Personally Invesories 399 14 Measuring Interests and Attitudes 400 Invest Inventories Cument Setti401 The Strong Insene (51) 405 Invest Invernuries Overview and Some Highlighm 410 10 CONTENTS Some Sigraficant Trends 416 Opinion Surveys and Attitude Scales 418 Locm of Control 422 15 Projective Techniques 424 Nature of Projective Techniques 425 Inkblor Techniques 425 Pictorial Techniques 433 Verbal Techniques 439 Autobiographical Memories 441 Performance Techniques 443 Evaluation of Projective Techniques 446 16 Other Assessment Techniques 457 Measures of Styles and Types 457 Situation Tests 404 Self-Concepts and Personal Constructs 468 Ohserver Reports 477 Biodata 483 PART FIVE APPLICATIONS OF TESTING 17 Major Contexts of Current Test Use 488 Educational Testing 488 Occupational Testing 504 Test Use in Clinical and Counseling Psychology 523 18 Ethical and Social Considerations in Testing 547 Ethical Issues in Psychological Testing and Assessment 549 User Qualifications and Professional Competence 550 Responsibilities of Test Publishers 552 Protection of Privacy 554 Confidentiality 556 Communicating Test Results 557 Testing Diverse Populations 558 APPENDIX A. Alphabetical Listing of Tests and Other Assessment Tools 565 B. Addresses of Test Publishers, Distributors, and Test-Related Organizations Acknowledgements 575 Name Index 578 Subject Index 602 ER -