Psychological testing and measurement

In diesem Buch bündeln die Autoren ihre vielfältigen Erfahrungen als OPD-Trainer, Gutachter und nicht zuletzt als Antragsbegründer in der Richtlinien-Psychotherapie.

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to utilize the varied assessments frequently used in evaluating autism spectrum disorders With both the detection and awareness of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) on the rise, there is an urgent need for an increasing number of professionals to not only learn about the nature and course of the various autism spectrum disorders, but also to know how to identify, assess, and diagnose the presence of these disorders.

Selection for secondary education at 11-plus still arouses widespread controversy; and the psychological techniques which are employed, such as intelligence and attainments tests, are often criticised.

Does your IQ really measure your intelligence?

This book brings together top recruitment and selection scholars to discuss recent challenges in employee recruitment and selection underpinned by research evidence from different European countries.

The field of psychometrics has a long and varied tradition across the social sciences.

The purpose of this book is to thoroughly prepare diverse areas of researchers in quantification theory.

Twenty Interviews with Psychometric Society Presidents tells the stories of the people who are the driving forces of psychometric research, teaching and practice.

By the 1970s psychology had made sizable advances with its primary emphasis on the study of overt behavior, but its progress on covert behavior had been delayed because of the lack of suitable psychophysiological technology.

Research Methodology and Quantitative Techniques is a guide tailored for students and research scholars navigating the intricate landscape of research degrees across various disciplines.

Introduction to the Taxometric Method is a user-friendly, practical guide to taxometric research.

Essentials of WRAML2 and TOMAL-2 Assessment introduces professionals to these two widely used memory measurement batteries, both of which measure memory and are used to supplement evaluations of ADHD and reading problems in youngsters, as well as a number of other disorders across the age span.

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the MBTI In order to use the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) appropriately and effectively, professionals need an authoritative source of advice and guidance on how to administer, score, and interpret this test.

Das vorliegende Buch ist für die Lehre und die Praxis verfasst: Davon ausgehend, dass sich ein fachgerechtes Psychologisches Gutachten vor allem durch seine Nachvollziehbarkeit auszeichnet, gibt es klare Richtlinien vor, wie diese erreicht werden kann.

Originally published in 1969, Behavioral Problems in Geography unpacks and identifies elements of behavioral models and theories.

This book 'Essays on Contemporary Psychometrics' provides an overview of contemporary psychometrics, the science devoted to the advancement of quantitative measurement practices in psychology, education and the social sciences.

This is the first technical book that considers tests as public tools and examines how to engineer and process test data, extract the structure within the data to be visualized, and thereby make test results useful for students, teachers, and the society.

A Valuable Guide to the Entire Process of Psychological Assessment Carefully working through all the phases of assessment, including integrating, conceptualizing, test selection, administering, scoring, and report writing, Conducting Psychological Assessment provides clinicians with a step-by-step methodology for conducting skilled individual assessments, from beginning to end.

Brue s Essentials Intellectual Disability is a concise, up-to-date overview of intellectual disability evaluation and assessment.

The History of Educational Measurement collects essays on the most important topics in educational testing, measurement, and psychometrics.

This book explains the importance of using the probability that the hypothesis is correct (PHC), an intuitive measure that anyone can understand, as an alternative to the p-value.

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret a variety of storytelling techniques Storytelling techniques are a popular projective approach for assessing many aspects of a person's personality, such as cognitive processes, emotional functioning, and self-regulation.

Individual Differences and Personality provides a student-friendly introduction to both classic and cutting-edge research into personality, mood, motivation and intelligence, and their applications in psychology and in fields such as health, education and sporting achievement.

In 1996 Division 12 of the APA presented Centennial Awards to two psychologists who were considered to have made the greatest lifetime contributions to the discipline.

This book presents an English translation, by Nicolas and Lamiell, of the entirety of a German-language text authored by William Stern (1871-1938) and published in 1900.

Dieses anwendungsnahe Grundlagenbuch erläutert den Stand von Wissenschaft und Technik zum gesamten Prozess der Personalauswahl: von A wie Anforderungsanalyse bis Z wie Zuverlässigkeit.

Diagnostisch tätige Psychologinnen und Psychologen stehen häufig vor einer großen Herausforderung, wie sie den je nach Fragestellung spezifischen diagnostischen Prozess gestalten sollten, um eine sachgerechte Empfehlung im Sinne eines Maßnahmenvorschlages geben zu können.

The WISC-IV is the top intelligence assessment instrument for children in the US, providing essential information into a child s cognitive functioning.

Investigative Interviewing: Adopting a Forensic Mindset is a straight-forward, practical textbook outlining proper interview planning and techniques, detailing all relevant case law concerning confessions.

The research articles in this volume cover timely quantitative psychology topics, including new methods in item response theory, computerized adaptive testing, cognitive diagnostic modeling, and psychological scaling.

Gerichtsverfahren nach Trennung und Scheidung von Eltern (Sorgerechts- und Umgangsrechtsverfahren) und Verfahren zum Entzug elterlicher Sorge wegen Kindeswohlgefährdung machen kindeswohlorientierte Entscheidungen notwendig, für die eine psychologische Expertise häufig unabdingbar ist.

Highly praised for its clear, straightforward approach, Statistics without Maths for Psychology 8th edition provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to statistics and SPSS.

Now in its tenth edition, this key textbook provides a solid foundation in program evaluation, covering the main components of evaluating agencies and their programs, how best to address these components, and the procedures to follow when conducting evaluations.

Quality, as exemplified by Quality-of-life (QoL) assessment, is frequently discussed among health care professionals and often invoked as a goal for improvement, but somehow rarely defined, even as it is regularly assessed.

Psychological Statistics: The Basics walks the reader through the core logic of statistical inference and provides a solid grounding in the techniques necessary to understand modern statistical methods in the psychological and behavioral sciences.

Originally published in 1945, this title was intended mainly for use by teachers wishing to test children from ages 2-8 in order to establish their intelligence.

Individual-Based Models of Cultural Evolution shows readers how to create individual-based models of cultural evolution using the programming language R.

Diagnostische Verfahren sind zu Beginn, im Verlauf und zur Evaluation einer Psychotherapie von großer Bedeutung.

The purpose of this book is to present methods for developing, evaluating and maintaining rater-mediated assessment systems.

Studying Human Populations is a textbook for graduate students and research workers in social statistics and related subject areas.

The 77th Annual International Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS) brought together quantitative researchers who focus on methods relevant to psychology.

This new combination volume of three-books-in-one, dealing with the topic of artifacts in behavioral research, was designed as both introduction and reminder.

"e;For the neuroscientist or psychologist who cringes at the sight of mathematical formulae and whose eyes glaze over at terms like differential equations, linear algebra, vectors, matrices, Bayes' rule, and Boolean logic, this book just might be the therapy needed.

Die Besetzung von Führungspositionen gehört ebenso wie die Weiterentwicklung von Führungspersönlichkeiten zu den wichtigsten Aufgaben des Personalwesens.

A Neuropsychologist's Guide to Training Psychometrists: Promoting Competence in Psychological Testing provides a framework for busy neuropsychologists faced with training their newly-hired psychometrist.