Psychological testing: principles, applications, & issues

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pt. 1. Principles. Introduction -- Norms and basic statistics for testing -- Correlation and regression -- Reliability -- Validity -- Writing and evaluating test items -- Test administration -- pt. 2. Applications. Interviewing techniques -- Theories of intelligence and the Binet scales -- The Wechsler Intelligence Scales : WAIS-III, WISC-IV, and WPPSI-III -- Other individual tests of ability in education and special education -- Standardized tests in education, civil service, and the military -- Applications in clinical and counseling settings -- Projective personality tests -- Computers and basic psychological science in testing -- Testing in counseling psychology -- Testing in health psychology and health care -- Testing in industrial and business settings -- pt. 3. Issues. Test bias -- Testing and the law -- Ethics and the future of psychological testing. pt. 1. Principles. Introduction -- Norms and basic statistics for testing -- Correlation and regression -- Reliability -- Validity -- Writing and evaluating test items -- Test administration -- pt. 2. Applications. Interviewing techniques -- Theories of intelligence and the Binet scales -- The Wechsler Intelligence Scales : WAIS-III, WISC-IV, and WPPSI-III -- Other individual tests of ability in education and special education -- Standardized tests in education, civil service, and the military -- Applications in clinical and counseling settings -- Projective personality tests -- Computers and basic psychological science in testing -- Testing in counseling psychology -- Testing in health psychology and health care -- Testing in industrial and business settings -- pt. 3. Issues. Test bias -- Testing and the law -- Ethics and the future of psychological testing.