Psychometrics (History, Overview, and Applications, 4th Edition)

Author: [USA] Gregory
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: This book organizes the extensive and complex system of psychological tests into nearly 30 small, modular topics based on their historical development, principles, and applications, serving as the fundamental and inseparable units of the book to facilitate research and learning. Additionally, while maintaining subtle but significant updates throughout to adapt to the development of psychological testing, this edition continues to incorporate historical case studies and small illustrations to highlight the content of the tests. It also strives to respond to the latest findings in professional psychological testing as much as possible, while providing new insights into the existing content. Beyond summarizing the traditional field of psychometrics, the 4th edition offers detailed analyses of neuropsychology and geriatric medicine. It extensively examines the applications and even abuses of early psychological testing, such as learning disabilities, measurement in specific contexts, the representation of racial differences in IQ, and deception in group achievement tests. At the same time, it provides critical descriptions and analyses of recent psychometric methods, scrutinizes the nuances of the measurement process, and explores the widespread value controversies surrounding the psychometric process.