Salkind, Neil J. creator text bibliography cau Thousand Oaks, Calif SAGE Publications c2006 2006 monographic eng

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xxiii, 371 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. 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 Neil J. Salkind. Includes bibliographical references (p. 357) and index. Educational tests and measurements LB3051 .S243 2006 371.26 SAL 1412913632 (cloth) 1412913640 (pbk.) 2005008155 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0657/2005008155-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0657/2005008155-t.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0734/2005008155-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0657/2005008155-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0657/2005008155-t.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0734/2005008155-b.html DLC 050324 20190830142610.0 13910548