Psychological Testing: History, Principles and Applications (7th Edition)
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (522 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0205959253 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 648 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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This program provides readers extensive knowledge about the characteristics, objectives, and wide-ranging effects of psychological testing. Psychological Testing: History, Principles, and Applications, 7/e, covers all variations of testing and explores social issues testing raises. . Establishes a solid foundation of knowledge about psychological testing Psychological testing impacts virtually every corner of modern life, from education to vocation to remediation
"Students tend to respond most favorably to a style which is neither overly complicated nor overly simplistic …The author has struck a balance between the two." - Peter Spiegel, California State University, San Bernardino "I really like the way stats are handled and the way the story of testing is told." - Bradley Brummel, The University of Tulsa
Amazon Customer said Four Stars. The textbook was a required and is useful. "Textbook" according to Patricia Sweeney. Required book for a course. Easy to read, not too clinical. Will be a good resource for when I go into practice.. Well written but poorly edited S. Werner Overall, I think the concepts were presented in a straightforward and fairly readable way. Unfortunately, the editing leaves much to be desired! For such an incredibly complex subject, the very skimpy index is lamentably lacking, which made it difficult to navigate the book and locate crucial information. This made a rather difficult course even more difficult. I found myself frustrated on more than one occasion resorting to Google to locate necessary clarification. (At one point in the text the author bragged about the amount of money saved by turfing out the editi
in clinical psychology from the University of Minnesota where he absorbed a healthy respect for the value of empiricism in psychological testing. He taught at the University of Idaho for 23 years where he also developed a private practice in assessment. In his practice, he specialized in the evaluation of intellectual disability and cognitive impairment. His academic research centered on assessme