· 2013· Book chapter
Handbook of Psychological Testing
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Short summary
The second edition of the Handbook of Psychological Testing has been extensively revised and updated, challenging conventional psychometrics and proposing new directions.
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Key points
- Provides a comprehensive, modern, and clear account of the entire field of psychometrics.
- Covers psychometric theory, different types of psychological tests, applied testing, and evaluation of published tests.
- Extensively revised and updated for the second edition with the latest research and thinking.
- Challenges the scientific rigor of conventional psychometrics and identifies new ways forward.
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Abstract
Since publication in its first edition the Handbook of Psychological Testing has become the standard text for organisational and educational psychologists. It offers the only comprehensicve, modern and clear account of the whole of the field of psychometrics. It covers psychometric theory, the different kinds of psychological test, applied psychological testing, and the evaluation of the best published psychological tests. It is outstanding for its detailed and complete coverage of the field, its clarity (even for the non-mathematical) and its emphasis on the practical application of psychometric theory in psychology and education, as well as in vocational, occupational and clinical fields.For this second edition the Handbook has been extensively revised and updated to include the latest research and thinking in the field. Unlike other work in this area, it challenges the scientific rigour of conventional psychometrics and identifies groundbreaking new ways forward.
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