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Introduction to test construction in the social and behavioral sciences : a practical guide / Joshua A. Fishman and Tomas Galguera.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fishman, Joshua A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychological tests--Design and construction.
- Psychological tests.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 167 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]
- Contents:
- Theoretical topics
- What are "tests for research purposes?"
- The end goal as a first consideration
- Instrument reliability
- Instrument validity
- Item analyses
- Socio-psychological scales
- Empirical topics
- Designing your instrument; componentiality and item-type
- Preparation and preliminary testing of the first version
- Analyzing version I: item statistics and instrument reliability
- Analyzing version II: item statistics, instrument reliability.
- And validity
- Semi-formal measurement: varieties of content analysis
- What next?
- Back to the future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-160) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0742525198
- 0742525201
- OCLC:
- 50844195
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