| Description |
1 online resource (x, 230 pages) : illustrations |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-217) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Purpose of Psychological Assessment -- New Myths and Old Rules -- This Book's Motivation -- Some Historical Background of Testing -- Testing in Developing Countries -- Evolution of Physical and Psychological Measurement Theory -- Development of Test Theory and Practice -- Mathematical Models in Testing -- Ordinal Concepts as a Basis for Measurement -- Antitest Arguments -- What Makes a Variable a Scale? -- Scales and Variables -- Nature of Scientific Scales -- Relevance to Scales and Measurement Methods -- General Principles of Scientific Measurement -- A Fundamental Typology of Data -- Mental Tests and Data Relations -- Types of Assessment -- A Classification of Test Items -- Standard Scores -- Free-Answer With Dichotomous Scoring Assessments -- Free Response With Polytomous Items -- Creative Responses -- Multiple-Choice Items Dichotomously Scored -- Multiple-Choice Tests With Polytomous Scoring -- Types of Item Presentation -- Item Scores and Their Addition to Obtain Total Test Scores in the Case of Dichotomous Items -- Ordinal Measurement -- Tied-Ranks Scores -- Evaluating Items, Tests and Scales -- Combining Item Scores for Dichotomous Items -- Item Scores and Their Addition to Obtain Total Test Scores in the Case of Polytomous Items -- Scoring Polytomous Items -- Types of Polytomous Items -- Polytomous Items Scored Across Persons -- Dominance Analysis of Tests -- Dominance Relations -- Pseudo-Orders From Randomness -- How Dichotomous Items Define an Order -- Data Basic to Assessing Consistency. |
| Summary |
This book provides an alternative method for measuring individual differences in psychological, educational, and other behavioral sciences studies. It is based on the assumptions of ordinal statistics as explained in Norman Cliff's 1996 Ordinal Methods for Behavioral Data Analysis. It provides the necessary background on ordinal measurement to permit its use to assess psychological and psychophysical tests and scales and interpret the data obtained. The authors believe that some of the behavioral measurement models used today do not fit the data or are inherently self-contradictory. App. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Psychology -- Mathematical models.
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Psychology -- Mathematical models. |
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Social sciences -- Statistical methods.
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Social sciences -- Statistical methods. |
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Analysis of variance.
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Analysis of variance. |
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Psychological tests -- Statistical methods.
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Psychological tests -- Statistical methods. |
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Psychological tests. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Keats, J. A. (John Augustus)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cliff, Norman, 1930- Ordinal measurement in the behavioral sciences. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003 0805820930 (DLC) 2002727168 (OCoLC)51197050 |
| ISBN |
1410606805 (electronic book) |
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9781410606808 (electronic book) |
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9780805820935 |
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0805820930 |
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0805820930 (alkaline paper) |
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