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This book not only teaches students the basic skills for analyzing data but also helps them become intelligent consumers of scientific information. Praised for its real-life applications, the text tells students when to use a particular statistic, why they should use it, and how the statistic should be computed and interpreted.

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This best-selling introductory statistics text is designed for courses in psychological and educational statistics and is written in an intuitive, explanatory style. New to this edition: In the Literature sections help students learn how to report statistics and results; as well as learn how to read and interpret scientific journals. The Minitab chapter has been removed; it is now a separate supplement for those who wish to cover it.

This book introduces the reader to the main quantitative concepts, methods, and computational techniques needed for the development, evaluation, and application of tests in the behavioral/social sciences, including educational tests. Two empirical examples are carried throughout to illustrate alternative methods. Other data sets are used for special illustrations. Self-contained programs for confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis are available on the Web. Intended for students of psychology, particularly educational psychology, as well as social science students interested in how tests are constructed and used, prerequisites include a course on statistics. The programs and data files for this book can be downloaded from www.psypress.com/test-theory/

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