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Test Bank for Tests & Measurement for People Who (Think They) Hate Tests & Measurement 3rd Edition Salkind
Downlaodable Instructor Test Bank for Tests & Measurement for People Who (Think They) Hate Tests & Measurement 3rd Edition By Neil J. Salkind, ISBN: 9781506368382
Table Of Content
A Five-Minute History of Testing
So, Why Tests And Measurement?
Some Important Reminders
How Tests Are Created
What Am I Doing in a Tests and Measurement Class?
Ten Ways to Use This Book (And Learn About Tests and Measurement at the Same Time!)
Glossary
Summary
Time to Practice
First Things First
The Four Horsemen (or Levels) of Measurement
A Summary: How Levels of Measurement Differ
Okay, so What’s the Lesson Here?
The Final Word(s)
Summary
Time to Practice
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Test Scores: Truth or Dare
Getting Conceptual
If You Know About rXY, Skip This Section . . .
Different Flavors of Reliability
How Big Is Big? Interpreting Reliability Coefficients
Things to Remember
And if You Can’t Establish Reliability . . . Then What?
Just One More Thing (And It’s a Big One)
Summary
Time to Practice
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A Bit More About the Truth
Different Types of Validity
A Last Friendly Word
Summary
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The Basics: Raw (Scores) to the Bone!
Percentiles or Percentile Ranks
Stanines (or Stanine Scores)
The Standard (Fare) Scores
Standing on Your Own: Criterion-Referenced Tests
The Standard Error of Measurement
Summary
Time to Practice
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The Beginnings of Item Response Theory
This Is No Regular Curve: The Item Characteristic Curve
Test Items We Like—and Test Items We Don’t
Understanding the Curve
Analyzing Test Data Using IRTPRO
Summary
Time to Practice
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When We Use ’Em and What They Look Like
How to Write ’Em: The Guidelines
The Good and the Bad
Summary
Time to Practice
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When We Use ’Em and What They Look Like
How to Write Essay Items: The Guidelines
The Good and the Bad
How to Score Essay Items
Summary
Time to Practice
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When We Use ’Em and What They Look Like
How to Write Multiple-Choice Items: The Guidelines
The Good and the Bad
Why Multiple-Choice Items Are Not So Good
Analyzing Multiple-Choice Items
Summary
Time to Practice
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When We Use ’Em and What They Look Like
How to Write ’Em: The Guidelines
The Good and the Bad
Summary
Time to Practice
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What We Use ’Em for and What They Look Like
How to Write ’Em: The Guidelines
The Good and the Bad
Summary
Time to Practice
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What Portfolios Are and How They Work
Summary
Time to Practice
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When We Use ’Em and What They Look Like
How to Do ’Em: The Guidelines
The Good and the Bad
Summary
Time to Practice
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What Achievement Tests Do
How Achievement Tests Differ From One Another
How to Do It: The ABCs of Creating a Standardized Test
The Amazing Table of Specifications
What They Are: A Sampling of Achievement Tests and What They Do
Summary
Time to Practice
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What Personality Tests Are and How They Work
Developing Personality Tests
What They Are: A Sampling of Personality Tests and What They Do
What Neuropsychological Tests Are and How They Are Used
Not Just One: The Focus of Neuropsychological Testing
Forensic Assessment: The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth
Summary
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What Aptitude Tests Do
How to Do It: The ABCs of Creating an Aptitude Test
Types of Aptitude Tests
Some of the Big Ones
Summary
Time to Practice
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The ABCs of Intelligence
From the Beginning: (Almost) All About the Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scale
And the Fab Five Are . . .
Summary
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What Career Development Tests Do
Let’s Get Started: The Strong Interest Inventory
John Holland and The Self-Directed Search
Some Major Caveats: Career Counseling 101
Five Career Tests
Summary
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The $64,000 Question: What Is Test Bias?
Moving Toward Fair Tests: The Fairtest Movement
Models of Test Bias
Where It All Started: Test Score Differences Between Black and White American Children
Summary
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No Child Left Behind: What It Is and How It Works
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act and the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: What They Are and How They Work
The Truth in Testing Law: High-Stakes Testing
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act: What It Is and How It Works
Ethics and Assessment: 10 Things To Remember
And More Stuff to Be Concerned About (No, Really)
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