An Introduction to Psychological Assessment and Psychometrics

by Keith Coaley

This accessible book outlines the key ingredients of psychological assessment and provides case studies to illustrate their application, making this an ideal textbook for courses on psychometrics or psychological assessment. The book covers the nature of assessment, basic components, how tests are made, underlying statistics, reliability and validity, assessment of intelligence, abilities and personality, non-psychometric approaches, as well as ethical and professional issues and modern developments. A final chapter explains how readers can construct their own tests. Wide-ranging case studies demonstrate the variety of contexts in which assessment is conducted. The author′s clarity of writing and use of practical examples throughout helps students apply these methods in practice with confidence as part of their studies on an array of courses.

312 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2009

Reviews

[Görkem Saylam · Rating 4 out of 5]

An Introduction to Psychological Assessment and Psychometrics | Keith Coaley
Scoring Rubric
1: baseline
2: creative contextualization bcs of covering almost all basics of psychometrics
1: routine conceptualization bcs of no new holistic comprehension on psychometrics
4: total points by 5

[Mbee]

One of the easier final tests in uni. But no I hardly remember anything