Abstract
I.BASIC CONCEPTS. 1.Who Uses Tests? And for What Purposes? 2.Varieties of Tests and Test Interpretations. 3.Administering Tests. 4.Scores and Score Conversions. 5.How to Judge Tests: Validation. 6.How to Judge Tests: Reliability and other Qualities. II.TESTS OF ABILITY. 7.General Ability: Appraisal Methods. 8.The Meanings of General Ability. 9.Influences on Intellectual Development. 10.Multiple Abilities and Their Role in Counseling. 11.Personnel Selection. III.MEASURES OF TYPICAL RESPONSE. 12.Interest Inventories. 13.General Problems in Studying Personality. 14.Personality Measurement through Self-Report. 15.Judgments and Systematic Observations. 16.Inferences from Performance.
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PsychologyPsychological testingCognitive psychologyCognitive sciencePsychoanalysisClinical psychology
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Benjamin Rosner,
Lee J. Cronbach
(1960).
Essentials of Psychological Testing.
The American Journal of Psychology
, 73
(2)
, 323-323.
https://doi.org/10.2307/1419921
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