ABSTRACT
Since publication in its first edition the Handbook of Psychological Testing has become the standard text for organisational and educational psychologists. It offers the only comprehensicve, modern and clear account of the whole of the field of psychometrics. It covers psychometric theory, the different kinds of psychological test, applied psychological testing, and the evaluation of the best published psychological tests. It is outstanding for its detailed and complete coverage of the field, its clarity (even for the non-mathematical) and its emphasis on the practical application of psychometric theory in psychology and education, as well as in vocational, occupational and clinical fields.
For this second edition the Handbook has been extensively revised and updated to include the latest research and thinking in the field. Unlike other work in this area, it challenges the scientific rigour of conventional psychometrics and identifies groundbreaking new ways forward.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |2 pages
Introduction to the first edition
chapter |2 pages
Introduction to the second edition
part |191 pages
Psychometric theory and method
chapter |15 pages
The validity of psychological tests
chapter |17 pages
The classical model of test error
chapter |21 pages
Standardising the test
chapter |27 pages
Rasch scaling and other scales
chapter |16 pages
Computerised and tailored testing
chapter |23 pages
Factor analysis
chapter |17 pages
Factor analysis: rotation of factors and other topics
chapter |8 pages
Test construction: the criterion-keyed method
chapter |21 pages
Test construction: factor analytic and item analytic methods
chapter |14 pages
Other methods of test construction
part |149 pages
Types of psychological tests
chapter |18 pages
Intelligence tests
chapter |12 pages
Ability tests
chapter |18 pages
Aptitude and attainment tests
chapter |30 pages
Personality questionnaires
chapter |26 pages
Projective and objective tests of personality
chapter |22 pages
Interest and motivation tests
chapter |21 pages
Other types of psychological tests
part |97 pages
The use and interpretation of tests
chapter |19 pages
Tests in educational psychology
chapter |38 pages
Psychometric tests in clinical psychology
chapter |13 pages
Tests in counselling and guidance
chapter |25 pages
Psychological tests in occupational and industrial psychology
part |225 pages
Psychological tests