
An Introduction to Psychological Tests and Scales
- 184 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 What is a good psychological measure?
- 2 A guide to finding and using existing tests and scales
- 3 Writing
- 4 Testing
- 5 Data and preliminary analysis
- 6 The final scale and its validation
- Appendix to Chapter 1 Examples of test and scale presentation
- Appendix to Chapter 2 Selecting tests
- Appendix to Chapter 4 Ethical guidelines
- Appendix to Chapter 5 Reliability
- Appendix to Chapter 6 Computation and validity
- Bibliography
- Useful web sites
- Author Index