Introduction to psychometrics and psychological assessment : using, interpreting and developing tests
- 2nd ed.
- Oxon Routledge 2023
- 424 p.
Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychometrics Chapter 2: Tests, Scales and Testing Chapter 3: The meaning of measurement Chapter 4: Administering and scoring Questionnaires and Tests Chapter 5: Interpreting Scores Chapter 6: Correlations Chapter 7: Random errors of measurement Chapter 8: Systematic Influences and Generalisability Theory Chapter 9: Test Validity, Bias and Invariance Chapter 10: Introduction to factor analysis Chapter 11: Performing and interpreting factor analyses Chapter 12: Alternative factor analysis designs Chapter 13: Developments in Factor Analysis Chapter 14: Network Analysis Chapter 15: Item response theory Chapter 16: Test and scale construction Chapter 17: Problems with test scores Chapter 18: Psychometrics in context
The book provides a comprehensive guide to the selection, administration, scoring, interpretation, and development of psychological questionnaires and tests. It emphasizes the basic logic of psychological assessment without getting bogged down with mathematics, covers both the theory behind psychological assessment and the practicalities of locating, designing, and using tests. It is evaluative, focusing on the underlying principles, merits, and drawbacks of each approach to assessment and methods of developing and evaluating questionnaires and tests. The book is aimed at non-mathematicians and is essential for students studying psychological assessment or psychometrics, as well as researchers and practitioners using questionnaires and tests to measure personality, cognitive abilities, educational attainment, mood, or motivation.