{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-psychometrics-and-psychological-assessment-using-interpreting-and-developing-tests-9781032146171","title":"An Introduction to Psychometrics and Psychological Assessment: Using, Interpreting and Developing Tests","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Introduction to Psychometrics and Psychological Assessment\u003c\/em\u003e is the successor to Cooper's prize-winning book \u003cem\u003ePsychological Testing: Theory and Practice. \u003c\/em\u003eThis expanded and updated volume shows how psychological questionnaires and tests can be chosen, administered, scored, interpreted and developed. In providing students, researchers, test users, test developers and practitioners in the social sciences, education and health with an evaluative guide to choosing, using, interpreting and developing tests, it provides readers a thorough grasp of the principles (and limitations) of testing, together with the necessary methodological detail.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book has three distinctive features. First, it stresses the basic logic of psychological assessment without getting bogged down with mathematics; the spreadsheet simulations and utilities which are integrated into the text allow users to explore how numbers behave, rather than reading equations. Readers will \"learn by doing\". Second, it covers both the theory behind psychological assessment and the practicalities of locating, designing and using tests and interpreting their scores. Finally, it is evaluative. Rather than just describing concepts such as test reliability or adaptive testing, it stresses the underlying principles, merits and drawbacks of each approach to assessment, and methods of developing and evaluating questionnaires and tests. Unusually for an introductory text, it includes coverage of several cutting-edge techniques, and this new edition expands the discussion on measurement invariance, methods of detecting\/quantifying bias and hierarchical factor models, and features added sections on: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBest practices for translation of tests into other languages and problems of cultural bias\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAutomatic item generation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe advantages, drawbacks and practicalities of internet-based testing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGeneralizability theory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNetwork analysis\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDangerous assumptions made when scoring tests\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe accuracy of tests used for assessing individuals\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe two-way relationship between psychometrics and psychological theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAimed at non-mathematicians, this friendly and engaging text will help you to understand the fundamental principles of psychometrics that underpin the measurement of any human characteristic using any psychological test. Written by a leading figure in the field and accompanied by additional resources, including a set of spreadsheets which use simulated data and other techniques to illustrate important issues, this is an essential introduction for all students of psychology and related disciplines. It assumes very little statistical background and is written for students studying psychological assessment or psychometrics, and for researchers and practitioners who use questionnaires and tests to measure personality, cognitive abilities, educational attainment, mood or motivation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA proud Cornishman, \u003cstrong\u003eColin Cooper\u003c\/strong\u003e obtained his BSc and PhD degrees in psychology from the University of Exeter in the UK. He worked on developing methods for selecting pilots and for assessing flexible thinking in senior officers before taking a lectureship at the University of Ulster in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. He moved to Queen's University, Belfast, where he taught and researched individual differences, psychometrics and statistics for 20 years. He took early retirement in 2012 and emigrated to Ontario, Canada, where he is currently editor-in-chief of two journals and president of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences. He has published extensively in the areas of individual differences and psychometrics, and in his spare time enjoys classical music, writing, travel and walking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50454667788562,"sku":"9781032146171","price":61.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_de623c77-21ba-416e-ac68-e31309c3d546.jpg?v=1729869820","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/an-introduction-to-psychometrics-and-psychological-assessment-using-interpreting-and-developing-tests-9781032146171","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}