Measurement in Education and Psychology

Contents: Preface. 1. Measurement and evaluation. 2. Item analysis. 3. Test and reliability. 4. Validity. 5. Norms. 6. Statistics, frequency distribution and graphic representation. 7. Measures of central tendency. 8. Measures of variability or dispersion. 9. The normal probability distribution. 10. The coefficient of correlation. 11. Individual differences. 12. Intelligence and aptitude. 13. Personality and its measurement. 14. Creativity and its measurement. 15. Achievement and its measurement. Bibliography. Index.

"This book is primarily designed to meet the needs of students whose major interest lies in applying statistical methods and in understanding the procedure of test construction in the field of psychology and education. The treatment of the subject matter is done in such a way so as to develop insight and enable the students to not only the understanding of the concepts but also their application. The special stress has been given to enable the students to analyze and synthesize the problems in hand. The book provides a comprehensive account covering all essential topics of statistical methods and psychological testing. The salient features of the book are the objective questions given at the end of each chapter. This book will be helpful to all those who are interested to solve research problems quantitatively and qualitatively." (jacket)