Psychological Testing and Assessment: An Introduction To Tests and Measurement, 5/e

Ronald Jay Cohen
Mark Swerdlik

Test Development

Chapter Outline

Test Conceptualization

Some Preliminary Questions

Norm-referenced versus criterion-referenced tests: Item development issues

Pilot Work

Test Construction

Scaling

Types of scales

Scaling methods

Writing Items

Item formats

Constructed-response format

Scoring Items

Speed Tests

Test Tryout

What Is a Good Item?

Item Analysis

Item-Difficulty Index

Item-Validity Index

Item-Reliability Index

Factor analysis and inter-item consistency

Item-Discrimination Index

Analysis of item alternatives

Item-Characteristic Curves

Latent-trait models

Other Considerations in Item Analysis

Guessing

Item fairness

Speed tests

Qualitative Item Analysis

The "think aloud" test administration

Expert panels

Test Revision

Cross-validation and co-validation

Test Revision as a Stage in New Test Development

Test Revision in the Life Cycle of an Existing Test

CLOSE-UP

Anatomy of the Development of a Test: The Personality Research Form

EVERYDAY PSYCHOMETRICS

Psychometrics in the Classroom

SELF-ASSESSMENT

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