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test security, and the use of assessments for certification and licen-sure. These PAE guidelines apply to all assessment procedures whether or not the tests are referenced by psychological terminol-ogy (e.g., psychological testing) and apply to any assessment and evaluation procedures (e.g., job selection, performance appraisals,
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Part I focuses on the core concepts that affect the evaluation of all tests. Part II discusses the major types of psychological tests, while Part III looks at present-day issues affecting testing such as stereotype threat, bias, laws, and ethics. A multitude of test profiles and sample items illustrate how psychological testing is used and ...
- Robert M. Kaplan Dennis P. Saccuzzo
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Introduction. Mental health professionals use a variety of instruments to assess mental health and wellbeing. Common purposes for psychological testing include: screening for the presence or absence of common mental health conditions; making a formal diagnosis of a mental health condition; assessment of changes in symptom severity; and monitoring client outcomes across the course of therapy.
This edition of Standards for Educational and Psy- chological Testing is sponsored by the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the American Psychological Association (APA), and
Nov 27, 2018 · 1. Tests and Measurements -- 2. Defining and Measuring Psychological Attributes: Ability, Interests, and Personality -- 3. Testing and Society -- 4. Basic Concepts in Measurement and Statistics -- 5. Scales, Transformations, and Norms -- 6. Reliability: The Consistency of Test Scores -- 7. Using and Interpreting Information about Test ...
Paul M. Camic, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Research Director, Department of Applied Psychology, Canterbury Christ Church University, Tunbridge Wells, England Debra L. Long, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis A. T. Panter, PhD, Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Professor of Psychology,
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The behaviors a test taker must perform vary by test. For example, a popular intelligence test, the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale–fourth edition (WAIS-IV), a general test of adult intelligence, requires test takers to (among other things) define words, repeat lists of digits, explain what is missing
