Preface

PART I: AN OVERVIEW

1.Psychological Testing and Assessment

Testing and Assessment

Who, What, and Why?

Evaluating the Quality of Tests

Close-Up: Types of Computer-Generated Psychological Reports

Everyday Psychometrics: "The Following Film is Rated PG-13"…But Whodunnit? How? And Why?

Self-Assessment

2. Historical, Cultural, and Legal/Ethical Considerations

An Historical Perspective

Culture and Assessment

Legal and Ethical Considerations

Close-Up: Assessment, Admissions, and Affirmative Action: Grutter v. Bollinger et al. (2003)

Everyday Psychometrics: Life-or-Death Psychological Assessment

Self-Assessment

PART II: THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT

3. A Statistics Refresher

Scales of Measurement

Describing Data

The Normal Curve

Standard Scores

Everyday Psychometrics: Consumer (of Graphed Data) Beware!

Close-Up: The Normal Curve and Psychological Tests

Self-Assessment

4. Of Tests and Testing

Some Assumptions About Psychological Testing and Assessment

What’s a “Good Test”?

Norms

Correlation and Inference

Inference from Measurement

Everyday Psychometrics: Putting Tests to the Test

Close-Up: Good Ol’ Norms and the GRE

Self-Assessment

5. Reliability

The Concept of Reliability

Reliability Estimates

Using and Interpreting a Coefficient of Reliability

Reliability and Individual Scores

Close-Up: The Reliability of the Bayley-II

Everyday Psychometrics: The Reliability Defense and the Breathalyzer Test

Self-Assessment

6. Validity

The Concept of Validity

Content Validity

Criterion-Related Validity

Construct Validity

Validity, Bias, and Fairness

Close-Up: Base Rates and Predictive Validity

Everyday Psychometrics: Adjustment of Test Scores by Group Membership: Fairness in Testing or Foul Play?

Self-Assessment

7. Test Development

Test Conceptualization

Test Construction

Test Tryout

Item Analysis

Test Revision

Everyday Psychometrics: Psychometrics in the Classroom

Close-Up: Designing and Item Bank

Self-Assessment

PART III: THE ASSESSMENT OF INTELLIGENCE

8. Intelligence and Its Measurement

What Is Intelligence?

Measuring Intelligence

Intelligence: Some Issues

A Perspective

Everyday Psychometrics: Being Gifted

Close-Up: Culture-Fair/Culture-Loaded

Self-Assessment

9. Tests of Intelligence

The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales

The Wechsler Tests

Other Measures of Intelligence

Close-Up: Factor Analysis

Everyday Psychometrics The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB): A Test You Can Take

Self-Assessment

10. Preschool and Educational Assessment

Preschool Assessment

Achievement Tests

Aptitude Tests

Diagnostic Tests

Psychoeducational Test Batteries

Other Tools of Assessment in Educational Settings

Everyday Psychometrics: First Impressions

Close-Up: Tests of Minimum Competency

Self-Assessment

PART IV: THE ASSESSMENT OF PERSONALITY

11. Personality Assessment: An Overview

Personality and Personality Assessment Defined

Personality Assessment: Some Basic Questions

Developing Instruments to Assess Personality

Personality Assessment and Culture

Everyday Psychometrics: Some Common Item Formats

Close-Up: Assessing Acculturation and Related Variables

Self-Assessment

12. Personality Assessment Methods

Objective Methods

Projective Methods

Behavioral Assessment Methods

A Perspective

Everyday Psychometrics: Confessions of a Behavior Rater

Close-Up: Personality, Life Outcomes, and College Yearbook Photos

Self-Assessment

PART V: TESTING AND ASSESSMENT IN ACTION

13. Clinical and Counseling Assessment

An Overview

The Interview

Case History Data

Psychological Tests

Special Applications of Clinical Measures

The Psychological Report

Close-Up: Assessment of Dangerousness and the Secret Service

Everyday Psychometrics: Elements of a Typical Report of Psychological Assessment

Self-Assessment

14. Neuropsychological Assessment

The Nervous System and Behavior

The Neuropsychological Examination

Close-Up: Fixed Versus Flexible Neuropsychological Test Batteries and the Law

Everyday Psychometrics: Medical Diagnostic Aids and Neuropsychological Assessment

Self-Assessment

15. The Assessment of People with Disabilities

An Overview

Assessment and Specific Disabilities

Everyday Psychometrics: Public Law 105-17 and Everyday Practice

Close-Up: Expert Testimony

Self-Assessment

16. Assessment, Careers, and Business

Career Choice and Career Transition

Screening, Selection, Classification, and Placement

Productivity, Motivation, Attitude, and Organizational Culture

Other Applications of Tools of Assessment

Close-Up: Validity Generalization and the GATB

Everyday Psychometrics: Assessment of Corporate and Organizational Culture

Self-Assessment

References

Credits

Name Index

Glossary/Index