An Introduction to Psychological Tests and Scales
eBook - ePub

An Introduction to Psychological Tests and Scales

  1. 184 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

An Introduction to Psychological Tests and Scales

About this book

In its first edition this book successfully enabled readers, with little or no prior knowledge of computing or statistics, to develop reliable and valid tests and scales for assessment or research purposes. In this edition, the author has thoroughly updated the text to include new recent advances in computer software and provide information on relevant internet resources. The book contains detailed guidelines for locating and constructing psychological measures, including descriptions of popular psychological measures and step-by-step instructions for composing a measure, entering data and computing reliability and validity of test results. Advanced techniques such as factor analysis, analysis of covariance and multiple regression analysis are presented for the beginner.
An Introduction to Psychological Tests and Scales provides a clear, concise and jargon-free primer for all those embarking in fieldwork or research analysis. It will be an invaluable tool for undergraduates and postgraduates in psychology and a useful text for students and professionals in related disciplines.

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Yes, you can access An Introduction to Psychological Tests and Scales by Kate Miriam Loewenthal,Christopher Alan Lewis in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Psychology & History & Theory in Psychology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. 1 What is a good psychological measure?
  9. 2 A guide to finding and using existing tests and scales
  10. 3 Writing
  11. 4 Testing
  12. 5 Data and preliminary analysis
  13. 6 The final scale and its validation
  14. Appendix to Chapter 1 Examples of test and scale presentation
  15. Appendix to Chapter 2 Selecting tests
  16. Appendix to Chapter 4 Ethical guidelines
  17. Appendix to Chapter 5 Reliability
  18. Appendix to Chapter 6 Computation and validity
  19. Bibliography
  20. Useful web sites
  21. Author Index