Overview of An Introduction to Psychological Measurements Book

Primarily intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students of psychology, the book aims to provide a succinct yet reasonably comprehensive account of psychological measurement techniques (psychometry) in a single volume. Written in a lucid style with the author's rich teaching experience, the book focuses on the technique of development and use of psychological tests and scales. It also describes essential features and steps to be followed in constructing a psychological test. The book, divided into three parts, covers psychophysical methods, psychological scaling and test methods and some elementary but essential statistical concepts used in the measurement and interpretation of psychological test data. Besides psychology students, the book will also be useful for undergraduate and postgraduate students of education and professionals in the field of psychology and education.Table of Contents:PrefaceList of FiguresPart I: Nature and Historical Development of Measurement and Psychophysical and Psychological Scaling MethodsChapter 1: The Nature of Psychological MeasurementChapter 2: The Early History of Psychological MeasurementChapter 3: The Psychophysical MethodsChapter 4: The Psychological Scaling MethodsChapter 5: The Rating TechniquesPart II: Nature and Construction of Psychological TestsChapter 6: Psychological Testing MethodsChapter 7: Constructing a Psychological TestChapter 8: The Reliability of a Psychological TestChapter 9: Validity of a Psychological TestChapter 10: Item AnalysisChapter 11: The Use and Interpretation of Test ScoresChapter 12: Miscellaneous TechniquesPart III: Some Simple Statistical Indices Used in Psychological MeasurementChapter 13: Measures of Central Tendency of ScoresChapter 14: Measures of Variations of ScoresChapter 15: Measures of Association (Correlation) between Scores on VariablesChapter 16: Graphic Representation of Test DataChapter 17: The Normal Probability Curve (NPC)Chapter 18: Tests of Significance of Some StatisticsIndex

• Book Type :

SocialSciences

• Book Binding :

Paperback

• Language :

English

• Number of Pages :

200 pages

• ISBN - 10 :

8120348818

• An Introduction to Psychological Measurements Published On :

30-Dec-13

• Resource:

Textbooks, SocialSciences for Students and Professionals

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