Testing Measurement category: 779 books
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Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2005
Contemporary Psychometrics features cutting edge chapters organized in four sections: test theory, factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and multivariate analysis.
The section on test theory includes topics such as multidimensional item response theory (IRT), the relationship between...
by Glenn Fieber
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
Seeing Inside the Mind makes a distinction between brain and mind, then pursues some of the ways that societies have used to reach into our minds and to control them—to make us “fit in”. Mind control is, I grant you, an enormous topic; for my purposes I limit it dramatically. In particular,...
by Jonathan Plucker, PhD, Amber Esping
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Why does intelligence continue to fascinate us?
Is there only one kind of intelligence, or are there multiple intelligences?
Is intelligence innate or is it malleable?
Where is the study of intelligence heading?
Intelligence has been among the most controversial constructs in all of the social sciences,...
by H.J. Eysenck
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Originally published in 1953, this third edition was first published in 1970. It was one of the early attempts at bringing together theories of personality organisation and finding empirical evidence to test their hypotheses. This third edition includes additional chapters and updated references to...
New Developments in Quantitative Psychology
Presentations from the 77th Annual Psychometric Society Meeting
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
The 77th Annual International Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS) brought together quantitative researchers who focus on methods relevant to psychology. The conference included workshops, invited talks by well-known scholars, and presentations of submitted papers and posters. It was hosted...
Tests and Exams in Singapore Schools
What School Leaders, Teachers and Parents Need to Know
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
Assessment, mainly in the form of tests and examinations, plays a critical role in the schooling of Singaporean students. The results are often used to make irrevocable decisions on the students' future education careers.
This book is written with school leaders, teachers, and parents in mind,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2004
Adapting Educational and Psychological Tests for Cross-Cultural Assessment critically examines and advances new methods and practices for adapting tests for cross-cultural assessment and research. The International Test Commission (ITC) guidelines for test adaptation and conceptual and methodological...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2019
The Handbook of Formative Assessment in the Disciplines meaningfully addresses current developments in the field, offering a unique and timely focus on domain dependency. Building from an updated definition of formative assessment, the book covers the integration of measurement principles into practice;...
Quantitative Psychology
The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Zurich, Switzerland, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
This proceedings book highlights the latest research and developments in psychometrics and statistics. Featuring contributions presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS), organized by the University of Zurich and held in Zurich, Switzerland from July 17 to 21, 2017, its...
Quantitative Psychology
83rd Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society, New York, NY 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2019
This proceedings volume highlights the latest research and developments in psychometrics and statistics. This book compiles and expands on selected and peer reviewed presentations given at the 83rd Annual International Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS), organized by Columbia University and...
Measuring History
Cases of StateLevel Testing Across the United States
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Measuring History complements the cases presented in Wise Social Studies Practices (Yeager & Davis, 2005). Yeager and Davis highlight the rich and ambitious teaching that can occur in the broad context of statelevel testing. In this book, the chapter authors and I bring the particular state history...
by Jim Horn, Denise Wilburn
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
With new student assessments and teacher evaluation schemes in the planning or early implementation phases, this book takes a step back to examine the ideological and historical grounding, potential benefits, scholarly evidence, and ethical basis for the new generation of test based accountability measures....
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Self-Testing Your IQ
The Smart Way to Measure Your Intelligence
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2008
An enjoyable and entertaining way to measure brainpower.
The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Self-Testing Your IQ provides readers with tests that can be used to estimate a realistic IQ score, as well as games, puzzles, and more for an engaging and exciting workout for the mind. Using an amusement-based...
by Mark D. Shermis, Francis J. DiVesta
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2011
Classroom Assessment in Action clarifies the multi-faceted roles of measurement and assessment and their applications in a classroom setting. Comprehensive in scope, Shermis and Di Vesta explain basic measurement concepts and show students how to interpret the results of standardized tests. From these...