Modern psychometrics : the science of psychological assessment.: the science of psychological assessment. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Authors: Rust, John, 1943-; Kosinski, Michal; Stillwell, David
• Contents: 1. The history and evolution of psychometric testing Introduction What is psychometrics? Psychometrics in the 21st century History of assessment Chinese origins The ability to learn The nineteenth century Beginnings of psychometrics as a science Intelligence testing Eugenics and the dark decades Psychometric testing of ability The dark ages come to an end An abundance of abilities Tests of other psychological constructs Personality Integrity Interests Motivation Values Temperament Attitude Belief Summary 2. Constructing your own psychometric questionnaire The purpose of the questionnaire Making a blueprint Writing items Alternate-choice items Multiple-choice items Rating-scale items All questionnaires Knowledge-based questionnaires Person-based questionnaires Designing the questionnaire Piloting the questionnaire Item analysis Facility Discrimination Distractors Obtaining the reliability Cronbach’s alpha Split-half reliability Assessing validity Face validity Content validity Standardization 3. The Psychometric principles Reliability Test-retest reliability Parallel-forms reliability Split-half reliability Interrater reliability Internal consistency The standard error of measurement (SEM) Comparing test reliabilities Restriction of range Validity Face validity Content validity Predictive validity Concurrent validity Construct validity Differential validity Standardization Norm referencing Criterion referencing Equivalence Differential item functioning Measurement invariance Adverse impact Summary 4. Psychometric measurement True-score theory Identification of latent traits with factor analysis Spearman’s two-factor theory Vector algebra and factor rotation Moving into more dimensions Multidimensional scaling Application of factor analysis to test construction Eigenvalues Identifying the number of factors to extract using the Kaiser criterion Identifying the number of factors to extract using the Cattell scree test Other techniques for identifying the number of factors to extract Factor rotation Rotation to simple structure Orthogonal rotation Oblique rotation Limitations of the classical factor-analystic approach Criticisms of psychometric measurement theory The Platonic true score Psychological vs. physical true scores Functional assessment and competency testing Machine learning and the black box Summary 5. Item response theory and computer adaptive testing Introduction Item banks The Rasch model Assessment of educational standards The Birnbaum model The evolution of modern psychometrics Computer adaptive testing Item equating Polytomous IRT An intuitive graphical description of item tesponse theory Limitations of classical test theory A graphical Introduction to item response theory The logistic curve 3PL-model: difficulty parameter 3PL model: discrimination parameter 3PL model: guessing parameter The Fisher information function The test information function and its relationship to the standard error of measurement How to score an IRT test Principles of computer adaptive testing Summary of item response theory Confirmatory factor analysis 6. Personality theory Theories of personality Psychoanalytic theory Humanistic theory Social learning theory Behavioral genetics Type and trait theories Different approaches to personality assessment &l
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 150.287; Psychometrics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317268765; 9781317268772; 9781317268758; 9781315637686
• Related ISBNs: 9781138638631; 9781138638655
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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