Psychological Testing, Pearson New International Edition, 6th edition

For sophomore/junior-level courses in Psychological Testing or Measurement. Focuses on the use of psychological tests to make important decisions about individuals in a variety of settings. This text explores the theory, methods, and applications of psychological testing. It gives a full and fair evaluation of the advantages and drawbacks of psychological testing in general, and selected tests in particular.

• Problems and Solutions feature added to Chapters 4-21—Poses realistic problems related to material covered at the very beginning of the chapter and recaps the problems at the end.
• Discusses how using the material helps students arrive at a solution to or resolution of the problem.
• Use of psychological tests to make important decisions about individuals—Considers what is to be measured and whether or not a given test accomplishes that goal.
• Students learn about the consequences of tests and their ability to help or harm.
• Principles of psychological measurement and the techniques used to analyse tests.
• Application of psychological tests in the three contexts where tests are most often used to make decisions—Education, industry, and clinical settings.
• Widely used or technically superior exemplars of the major classes of tests—With an emphasis on those used for decision making (as opposed to attitude measurement or assessment of values).
• Chapter on computerized testing.
• Critical Discussion sections—Presents a variety of controversial issues or illustrates the applications of concepts—e.g., Should IQ Scores of Black Examinees Be Based on White Norms?; Item Response Theory to Detect Test Bias Is Used; Personal Selection from the Applicant's Point of View.

• “Problems and Solutions” feature added to Chapters 4-21—Poses realistic problems related to material covered at the very beginning of the chapter and recaps the problems at the end.
  • Discusses how using the material helps students arrive at a solution to or resolution of the problem.
• Significant updates.
  • —Expanded discussion of high-stakes testing.
  • —Coverage of major revisions of tests including the Stanforf Binet, WAIS and WISC.
  • —Discussion of the latest revision of “ Ethical Guidelines for Psychologists and Codes of Conduct” (reproduced in Appendix B).
  • —Expanded discussion of ethical challenges in clinical testing.
  • —Incorporation of the latest research findings relevant to a wide range of tests.