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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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University of Cebu-Banilad |
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University of Cebu-Banilad |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Murphy, Kevin R., |
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author. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Psychological testing : |
| Remainder of title |
principles and applications / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Kevin R. Murphy, and Charles O. Davidshofer. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Prentice-Hall, Inc., |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c1988. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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x, 434 pages : |
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illustrations (black and white) ; |
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24 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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rdacontent |
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text |
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rdamedia |
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unmediated |
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rdacarrier |
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volume |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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Contents: Part I. Principles of psychological measurement — Part II. Applying the principles of psychological measurement — Part III. Application of psychological measurement. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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"Tests are used to make decisions. This simple sentence describes both the theme and the rationale of this book. Too often, psychological testing is presented as a dry, tech-nical, abstract subject. It is not. Psychological tests have a substantial impact on a variety of important decisions. In some settings, such as the Armed Services, tests represent the only feasible method of making selection and classification decisions.<br/>The point is that tests affect peoples' lives, for good or for ill, and a firm understanding of psychological testing is necessary in many of the settings where important decisions (e.g., college admissions, job placement, clinical assessments) must be made about individuals.<br/>Most students in a testing course have taken many tests, and probably will take many more in the future. These students have a real, practical interest in test-ing. They are also likely to be skeptical about the accuracy and the value of psychological tests. A good part of your job when teaching a testing course is to present a full and fair evaluation of the advantages and drawbacks of psychological testing.<br/>We believe that this can be best done by focusing on the impact of tests on decisions.<br/>Students generally show little interest in learning a "laundry list" of test names, but they are very interested in knowing how tests are used, and whether the use of tests leads to better or worse decisions than would be reached without tests.<br/>Our text is divided into three sections. In the first, we discuss the principles of psychological measurement. Our focus here is on evaluating tests by first stating what we are trying to accomplish with a test (e.g., measure a trait or characteristic, predict a future outcome), and then determining whether the test accomplishes that goal. Our second section applies those principles to the domain of ability testing.<br/>This section illustrates the use of the testing principles covered in Chapters 2-8 in designing and evaluating measures of both broadly and narrowly defined abilities.<br/>Our third section discusses the application of psychological tests in the three contexts where tests are most often used to make decisions: in education, in industry, and in clinical settings. This section covers both the major types of tests and their most important uses." —Preface |
| 521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE |
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Adult |
| 541 ## - IMMEDIATE SOURCE OF ACQUISITION NOTE |
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| Deans/Chairperson |
Yap, Feliciana |
| Department |
College of Psychology |
| Subject Category |
Psychology |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
Text in English |
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Principles |
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Psychological Testing. |
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Applications |
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Psychological Testing. |
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Davidshofer, Charles O., |
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author. |
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Book |
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Leslie [new] |
| Date encoded |
06/23/2026 |
