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Tests & Measurement for People Who (Think They) Hate Tests & Measurement

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With a signature, conversational writing style and straightforward presentation, Neil J. Salkind's best-selling Tests & Measurement for People Who (Think They) Hate Tests & Measurement guides readers through an overview of categories of tests, the design of tests, the use of tests, and some of the basic social, political, and legal issues that the process of testing involves. New co-author Bruce B. Frey has added his expertise in the further development of this text.
PART I: THE BASICS 1. Why Measurement? An Introduction 2. Levels of Measurement and Their Importance: One Potato, Two Potatoes 3. Reliability and Its Importance: Getting it Right Every Time 4. Validity and Its Importance: The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth 5. Percentages, Percentiles and Probabilities: Are You Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw? 6. Item Response Theory: The "New" Kid on the Block PART II: TYPES OF TESTS 7. Achievement Tests: Is Life a Multiple-Choice Test? 8. Aptitude Tests: What's in Store for Me? 9. Intelligence Tests: Am I Smarter Than My Smart Phone? 10. Personality and Neuropsychology Tests: It's Not You, It's Me 11. Career Choices: Have We Got a Job For You! PART III: CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT 12. Picking the Right Answer: Choose Your Own Destiny 13. Building the Right Answer: Construction Work Ahead PART IV: RESEARCHER-MADE INSTRUMENTS 14. Surveys and Scale Development: What Are They Thinking? PART V: FAIR TESTING 15. Truth and Justice for All: Test Bias and Universal Design 16. Laws, Ethics and Standards: The Professional Practice of Tests and Measurement
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