Fishman, Joshua A.

Introduction to test construction in the social and behavioral sciences : a practical guide / Joshua A. Fishman and Tomás Galguera. - Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2003. - xiii, 167 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160) and index.

Theoretical topics -- What are "tests for research purposes?" -- The end goal as a first consideration -- Instrument reliability -- Instrument validity -- Item analyses -- Sociopsychological 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 -- Semiformal measurement: varieties of content analysis -- What next? Back to the future.

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Psychologist test--Design and construction
Ψυχολογικά τέστ--Μελέτη και κατασκευές.

BF176 / .F57 2003