Tests & measurement for people who (think they) hate tests & measurement /
Tests and measurement for people who (think they) hate tests and measurement
Neil J. Salkind.
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, c2006.
- xxiii, 371 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 357) and index.
A Note to the Student: Why I Wrote This Book Acknowledgments Part I. In the Beginning ... 1. Why Me-asurement? An Introduction Part II. The Psychology of Psychometrics 2. One Potato, Two Potatoes ... Levels of Measurement and Their Importance 3. Getting It Right Every Time: Reliability and Its Importance 4. The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth: Validity and Its Importance 5. Welcome to Lake Woebegone, Where All the Children Are Above Average: Norms and Percentiles Part III. The Tao and How of Testing 6. Short Answer and Completion Items: Baskin Robbins(R) Has __ Flavors 7. Essay Items: Hope You Can Write 8. Multiple-Choice Items: Always Pick Answer C and You'll Be Right About 25% of the Time 9. Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match: Matching Items 10. True-False Tests: T or F? I Passed My First Measurement Test 11. Portfolios: Seeing the Big Picture 12. So, Tell Me About Your Childhood: Interesting Interviews Part IV. What to Test and How to Test It 13. Achievement Tests: Who Really Discovered America? 14. Personality Tests: Type A, Type B, or Type C? 15. Aptitude Tests: What's in Store for Me? 16. Intelligence Tests: That Rubik's Cube Is Driving Me Nuts 17. Career Choices: So You Want to Be a What? Part V. It's Not Always As You Think: Issues in Tests and Measurements 18. Test Bias: Fair for Everyone? 19. The Law, Testing, and Ethics: No Child (Should Be) Left Behind and Other Concerns Appendixes Appendix A: Your Tests and Measurement Toolkit Appendix B: The Guide to (Almost) Every Test in the Universe Glossary References Index About the Author