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040			_aUniversity of Cebu-Banilad _cUniversity of Cebu-Banilad
100			_aMurphy, Kevin R., _eauthor.
245			_aPsychological testing : _bprinciples and applications / _cKevin R. Murphy, and Charles O. Davidshofer.
260			_aEnglewood Cliffs, New Jersey : _bPrentice-Hall, Inc., _cc1988.
300			_ax, 434 pages : _billustrations (black and white) ; _c24 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aContents: Part I. Principles of psychological measurement — Part II. Applying the principles of psychological measurement — Part III. Application of psychological measurement.
520			_a"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. 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. 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. We believe that this can be best done by focusing on the impact of tests on decisions. 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. 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. 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. 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			_aAdult
541			_xYap, Feliciana _yCollege of Psychology _zPsychology
546			_aText in English
650			_aPrinciples _xPsychological Testing.
650			_aApplications _xPsychological Testing.
700			_aDavidshofer, Charles O., _eauthor.
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998			_cLeslie [new] _d06/23/2026
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