Psychological Testing: Principles, Applications, and Issues -- Third Edition

Kaplan, Robert M./ Saccuzzo, Dennis P.

ISBN 10: 0534162304 / ISBN 13: 9780534162306

Published by Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, U.S.A., 1993

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Hard Cover -- Good -- Other than several pages with highlighting, book is tight with light cover wear -- 709 pages with index and illustrations -- Third Edition. Seller Inventory # 315056

Bibliographic Details

Title: Psychological Testing: Principles, ...

Publisher: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 1993

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Edition: 3rd Edition

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Synopsis:

This accessible and engaging book for undergraduates is less cluttered with details than other books for the course and students like to read it! It offers an up-to-date analysis of the most widely-used tests in educational, industrial, clinical, and health settings. The Third Edition features a significant increase in the number of test profiles, sample items, and figures, while it addresses timely and controversial topics such as nationalized testing, test bias, and cross-cultural issues. Kaplan and Saccuzzo cover the technical principles of test evaluation and construction in a concise, comprehendible manner, using practical examples from ''real life.'' Assuming no theoretical background and little knowledge of statistics, the book provides thorough coverage of basic statistical concepts while ensuring an understanding of important principles.

About the Author:

Robert M. Kaplan is Fred W. and Pamela K. Wasserman Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Services at UCLA and Professor of Medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. From 1997 to 2004 he was Professor and Chair of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, at the University of California, San Diego. He is a past President of several organizations, including the American Psychological Association Division of Health Psychology, Section J of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (Pacific), the International Society for Quality of Life Research, the Society for Behavioral Medicine, and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. He is a Past Chair of the Behavioral Science Council of the American Thoracic Society. Dr. Kaplan is currently Editor-in-Chief of Health Psychology and is the former Editor-in-Chief of the Annals of Behavioral Medicine. He has served as Associate Editor of the American Psychologist, and Consulting Editor of four other academic journals. Selected additional honors include APA Division of Health Psychology Annual Award for Outstanding Scientific Contribution (For junior scholar 1987 and again for a senior scholar 2001), SDSU Distinguished Research Lecturer, 1988, and Health Net Distinguished Lecturer in 1991, University of California 125 Anniversary Award for Most Distinguished Alumnus, University of California, Riverside, American Psychological Association Distinguished Lecturer, Distinguished Scientific contribution award from the American Association of Medical School Psychologists, National Leadership Award, from the Society of Behavioral Medicine in 2003, and President's Award for Career Achievement from the International Society for Quality of Life Research in 2004.