Objective Measurement: Theory into Practice, Vol. 3 - Softcover

Jr., George Engelhard; Wilson, Mark R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1567501834 ISBN 13: 9781567501834

Publisher: Praeger, 1996

Synopsis

The measurement practice section illustrates the application of objective measurement methods to personality psychology, a sociological study of school environment, personnel management, pain research, motor performance, and curriculum development. It emphasizes practice over theory, showing how measurement practice contributes valuable perspectives on substantive theory. The measurement theory section describes the development of new measurement models that extend objective measurement into learning contexts, rank-ordered data, and multidimensional profiles composed of subtests. These are complemented by a study of the use of objective measurement to examine the construct validity of items, and an exploration of the impact of text anxiety and item order on measurements. The final section examines recent developments in mathematical programming techniques applied to test assembly, parameter estimation and generalizability theory.

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About the Author

GEORGE ENGLEHARD is Professor of Educational Measurement and Policy at Emory University. Dr. Englehard has published over 75 articles, test reviews and book chapters.

MARKE WILSON is Professor of Education at the University of California at Berkeley, specializingin the areas of educational assessment, educational evaluation and applied statistics. He has published 28 articles in refereed journals, edited four books, contributed 23 chapters to edited books, and made many presentations at meetings of professional groups.

Edition details

• Publisher: Praeger
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1567501834
• ISBN 13: 9781567501834
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 461