Psychological testing and assessment : an introduction to tests and measurement / Ronald Jay Cohen, Mark E. Swerdlik.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Dedications -- Contents -- Preface -- Connect -- Acknowledgments -- Meet the Authors -- And on a Personal Note . . . -- Chapter 1: Psychological Testing and Assessment -- Testing and Assessment -- The Tools of Psychological Assessment -- Who, What, Why, How, And Where? -- Close-Up: Behavioral Assessment Using Smartphones -- Meet an Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Alan Ogle -- Everyday Psychometrics: Everyday Accommodations -- Self-Assessment -- Chapter 2: Historical, Cultural, and Legal/Ethical Considerations -- A Historical Perspective -- Culture and Assessment -- Legal and Ethical Considerations -- Close-Up: The Controversial Career of Henry Herbert Goddard -- Meet an Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Neil Krishan Aggarwal -- Everyday Psychometrics: Life-or-Death Psychological Assessment -- Self-Assessment -- Chapter 3: A Statistics Refresher -- Scales of Measurement -- Describing Data -- The Normal Curve -- Standard Scores -- Correlation and Inference -- Everyday Psychometrics: Consumer (of Graphed Data), Beware! -- Close-Up: The Normal Curve and Psychological Tests -- Meet an Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Joni L. Mihura -- Self-Assessment -- Chapter 4: Of Tests and Testing -- Some Assumptions About Psychological Testing and Assessment -- What's a "Good Test" -- Norms -- Everyday Psychometrics: Putting Tests to the Test -- Close-Up: How "Standard" Is Standard in Measurement? -- Meet an Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Steve Julius and Dr. Howard W. Atlas -- Self-Assessment -- Chapter 5: Reliability -- The Concept of Reliability -- Reliability Estimates -- Using and Interpreting a Coefficient of Reliability -- Reliability and Individual Scores -- Close-Up: Psychology's Replicability Crisis -- Everyday Psychometrics: The Importance of the Method Used for Estimating Reliability.

Meet an Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Bryce B. Reeve -- Self-Assessment -- Chapter 6: Validity -- The Concept of Validity -- Criterion-Related Validity -- Construct Validity -- Validity, Bias, and Fairness -- Meet an Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Adam Shoemaker -- Close-Up: The Preliminary Validation of a Measure of Individual Differences in Constructive Versus Unconstructive Worry -- Everyday Psychometrics: Adjustment of Test Scores by Group Membership: Fairness in Testing or Foul Play? -- Self-Assessment -- Chapter 7: Utility -- What is Utility? -- Utility Analysis -- Methods for Setting Cut Scores -- Meet an Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Delphine Courvoisier -- Close-Up: Utility Analysis: An Illustration -- Everyday Psychometrics: The Utility of Police Use of Body Cameras -- Self-Assessment -- Chapter 8: Test Development -- Test Conceptualization -- Test Construction -- Test Tryout -- Item Analysis -- Test Revision -- Instructor-Made Tests for In-Class Use -- Close-Up: Creating and Validating a Test of Asexuality -- Meet an Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Scott Birkeland -- Everyday Psychometrics: Adapting Tools of Assessment for Use with Specific Cultural Groups -- Self-Assessment -- Chapter 9: Intelligence and Its Measurement -- What is Intelligence? -- Measuring Intelligence -- Issues in the Assessment of Intelligence -- A Perspective -- Close-Up: Factor Analysis -- Meet an Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Rebecca Anderson -- Everyday Psychometrics: The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB): A Test You Can Take -- Self-Assessment -- Chapter 10: Assessment for Education -- The Role of Testing and Assessment in Education -- The Case for and Against Educational Testing in the Schools -- The Common Core State Standards -- Achievement Tests -- Aptitude Tests -- Diagnostic Tests -- Psychoeducational Test Batteries.

Other Tools of Assessment in Educational Settings -- Everyday Psychometrics: The Common Core Controversy -- Meet an Assessment Professional: Meet Eliane Keyes, M.A. -- Close-Up: Educational Assessment: An Eastern Perspective -- Self-Assessment -- Chapter 11: Personality Assessment: An Overview -- Personality and Personality Assessment -- Personality Assessment: Some Basic Questions -- Developing Instruments to Assess Personality -- Personality Assessment and Culture -- Close-Up: The Personality of Gorillas -- Everyday Psychometrics: Some Common Item Formats -- Meet an Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Rick Malone -- Self-Assessment -- Chapter 12: Personality Assessment Methods -- Objective Methods -- Projective Methods -- Behavioral Assessment Methods -- A Perspective -- Meet An Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Monica Webb Hooper -- Everyday Psychometrics: Confessions of a Behavior Rater -- Close-Up: General (g) and Specific (s) Factors in the Diagnosis of Personality Disorders -- Self-Assessment -- Chapter 13: Clinical and Counseling Assessment -- An Overview -- Culturally Informed Psychological Assessment -- Special Applications of Clinical Measures -- Child Abuse and Neglect -- The Psychological Report -- Meet an Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Stephen Finn -- Close-Up: PTSD in Returning Veterans and Military Culture -- Everyday Psychometrics: Measuring Financial Competency -- Self-Assessment -- Chapter 14: Neuropsychological Assessment -- The Nervous System and Behavior -- The Neuropsychological Evaluation -- Neuropsychological Tests -- Other Tools of Neuropsychological Assessment -- Meet an Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Jeanne P. Ryan -- Everyday Psychometrics: Medical Diagnostic Aids and Neuropsychological Assessment -- Close-Up: A Typical In-Office Dementia Evaluation -- Self-Assessment -- Chapter 15: Assessment, Careers, and Business.

Career Choice and Career Transition -- Screening, Selection, Classification, And Placement -- Cognitive Ability, Productivity, and Motivation Measures -- Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, and Organizational Culture -- Other Tools of Assessment for Business Applications -- Close-Up: Validity Generalization and the GATB -- Everyday Psychometrics: The Selection of Personnel for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS): Assessment and Psychometrics in Action -- Meet an Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Jed Yalof -- Self-Assessment -- References -- Name Index -- Glossary/Index -- Timeline.