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Tables of Contents for Psychological Testing
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
PART ONE FUNCTIONS AND ORIGINS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING
2
46
1 Nature and Use of Psychological Tests
2
30
Uses and Varieties of Psychological Tests
2
2
What Is a Psychological Test?
4
6
Why Control the Use of Psychological Tests?
10
3
Test Administration
13
4
Examiner and Situational Variables
17
3
A View from the Test-Taker's Perspective
20
3
Effects of Training on Test Performance
23
4
Sources of Information about Tests
27
5
2 Historical Antecedents of Modern Testing
32
16
Early Interest in Classification and Training of Mentally Retarded Persons
33
1
The First Experimental Psychologists
34
1
Contributions of Francis Galton
35
1
Cattell and the Early "Mental Tests"
36
1
Binet and the Rise of Intelligence Tests
37
1
Group Testing
38
1
Aptitude Testing
39
3
Standardized Achievement Tests
42
2
Assessment of Personality
44
4
PART TWO TECHNICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE
48
156
3 Norms and the Meaning of Test Scores
48
36
Statistical Concepts
49
5
Developmental Norms
54
4
Within-Group Norms
58
8
Relativity of Norms
66
8
Computers and the Interpretation of Test Scores
74
2
Domain-Referenced Test Interpretation
76
4
Minimum Qualifications and Cutoff Scores
80
4
4 Reliability
84
29
The Correlation Coefficient
85
6
Types of Reliability
91
11
Reliability of Speeded Tests
102
3
Dependence of Reliability Coefficients on the Sample Tested
105
2
Standard Error of Measurement
107
5
Reliability Applied to Mastery Testing and Cutoff Scores
112
1
5 Validity: Basic Concepts
113
28
Evolving Concepts of Test Validity
114
1
Content-Description Procedures
114
4
Criterion-Prediction Procedures
118
8
Construct-Indentification Procedures
126
10
Overview and Integration
136
4
6 Validity: Measurement and Interpretation
140
32
Validity Coefficient and Error of Estimate
141
3
Test Validity and Decision Theorey
144
12
Combining Information from Different Tests
156
4
Use of Tests for Classification Decisions
160
4
Statistical Analyses of Test Bias
164
8
7 Item Analysis
172
32
Item Difficulty
173
6
Item Discrimination
179
8
Item Response Theory
187
6
Item Analysis of Speeded Tests
193
1
Cross-Validation
194
2
Differential Item Functioning
196
4
Explorations in Item Development
200
4
PART THREE ABILITY TESTING
204
144
8 Individual Tests
204
30
Stanford-Biner Intelligence Scale
205
9
The Wechsler Scales
214
8
The Kaufman Scales
222
4
Differential Ability Scales
226
7
Das-Naglieri Cognitive Assessment System
233
1
9 Tests for Special Populations
234
37
Infant and Preschool Testing
235
12
Comprehensive Assessment of Mentally Retarded Persons
247
5
Testing Persons with Physical Disabilities
252
7
Multicultural Testing
259
12
10 Group Testing
271
23
Group Tests versus Individual Tests
272
2
Adaptive Testing and Computer-Based Administration
274
4
Multilevel Batteries
278
9
Measuring Multiple Aptitudes
287
7
11 Nature of Intelligence
294
29
Meaning of an IQ
295
2
Heritability and Modifiability
297
3
Motivation and Intelligence
300
3
Factor Analysis of Intelligence
303
6
Theories of Triat Organization
309
9
Nature and Development of Traits
318
5
12 Psychological Issues in Ability Testing
323
25
Longitudinal Studies of Children's Intelligence
323
4
Intelligence In Early Childhood
327
4
Problems in the Testing of Adults Intelligence
331
6
Population Changes in Intelligence Test Performance
337
3
Cultural Diversity
340
8
PART FOUR PERSONALITY TESTING
348
126
13 Self-Report Personality Inventories
348
38
Content-Related Procedures
349
1
Empirical Criterion Keying
350
12
Factor Analysis in Test Development
362
5
Personality Theory in Test Development
367
7
Test-Taking Attitudes and Response Biases
374
5
Traits, States, Persons, and Situations
379
6
Current Status of Personality Inventories
385
1
14 Measuring Interests and Attitudes
386
24
Interest Inventories: Current Setting
387
2
The Strong Interest Inventory (SII)
389
7
Interest Inventories: Overview and Some Highlights
396
6
Some Significant Trends
402
2
Opinion Surveys and Attitude Scales
404
4
Locus of Control
408
2
15 Projective Techniques
410
33
Nature of Projective Techniques
411
1
Inkblot Techniques
411
8
Pictorial Techniques
419
6
Verbal Techniques
425
2
Autobiographical Memories
427
2
Performance Techniques
429
3
Evaluation of Projective Techniques
432
11
16 Other Assessment Techniques
443
31
Measures of Styles and Types
443
7
Situational Tests
450
4
Self-Concepts and Personal Constructs
454
9
Observer Reports
463
6
Biodata
469
5
PART FIVE APPLICATIONS OF TESTING
474
77
17 Major Contexts of Current Test Use
474
59
Educational Testing
474
16
Occupational Testing
490
19
Test Use in Clinical and Counseling Psychology
509
29
18 Ethical and Social Considerations in Testing
533
18
Ethical Issues in Physchological Testing and Assessment
535
1
User Qualifications and Professional Competence
536
2
Responsibilities of Test Publishers
538
2
Protection of Privacy
540
2
Confidentiality
542
1
Communicating Test Results
543
1
Testing Diverse Populations
544
7
APPENDIXES
551
10
A. Alphabetical Listing of Tests and Other Assessment Tools
551
4
B. Addresses of Test Publishers, Distributors, and Test-Related Organizations
555
6
References
561
120
Acknowledgments
681
3
Name Index
684
24
Subject Index
708