PART Ⅰ An Overview
1 Psychological Testing and Assesment
TESTING AND ASSESSMENT
WHO,WHAT,WHY,AND WHERE?
SELF-ASSESSMENT
WEB WATCH
2 Historical,Cultural,and Legal/Ethical Considerations
AHISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
CULTURE AND ASSESSMENT
LEGAL AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
SELF-ASSESSMENT
WEB WATCH
3 A Statistics Refresher
SCALES OF MEASUREMENT
DESCRIBING DATA
THE NORMAL CURVE
STANDARD SCORES
SELF-ASSESSMENT
WEB WATCH
4 Of Tests and Testing
SOME ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING AND ASSMENT
Assumption 1:Psychological Traits and States Exist 92
Assumption 2:Psychological Traits and States Can Be Quantified and Measured
Assumption 3:Test-Related Behavior Predicts Non-Test-Related Behavior
Assumption 4:Tests and Other Measurement Techniques Have Strengths and Weaknesses
Assumption 5:Various Sources of Error Are Part of the Assessment Process
Assumption 6:Testing and Assessment Can Be Conducted in a Fair and Unbiased Manner
Assumption 7:Testing and Assessment Benefit Society
WHAT’’S A”GOOD TEST”?
Reliability
Validity
Other Considerations
NORMS
Standardization,Sampling,and Norming
Types of Norms
Fixed Reference Group Scoring Systems
Norm-Referenced Versus Criterion-Referenced Evaluation
CORRELATION AND INFERENCE
The Concept of Correlation
The Pearson r
The Spearman Rho
Graphic Representations of Correlation
Regression
INFERENCE FROM MEASUREMENT
Meta-Analysis
Culture and Inference
EVERYDAY PSYCHOMETRICS Putting Tests to the Test
CLOSE-UP Good Ol’’Norms and the GRE
SELF-ASSESSMENT\
WEB WATCH
5 Reliability
6 Validity
7 Test Development
8 Intelligence and Its Measurement
9 Tests of Intelligence
10 Prexchool and Educational Assessment
PART Ⅳ The Assessment of Personality
11 Personality Assessment:An Overview
12 Personality Assessment Methods
PART Ⅴ Testing and Assessment in Action
13 Clinical and Counseling Assessment
16 Assessment,Careers,and Business
Glossary/Index