Psychological tests provide reliable and objective standards by which indivi
duals can be evaluated in education and employment. Therefore accurate
judgements must depend on the reliability and quality of the tests them
selves. Originally published in 1986, this handbook by an internationally
acknowledged expert provided an introductory and comprehensive treatment
of the business of constructing good tests.
Paul Kline shows how to construct a test and then to check that it is working
well. Covering most kinds of tests, including computer presented tests of the
time, Rasch scaling and tailored testing, this title offers: a clear introduction
to this complex field; a glossary of specialist terms; an explanation of the
objective of reliability; step-by-step guidance through the statistical proce
dures; a description of the techniques used in constructing and standardizing
tests; guidelines with examples for writing the test items; computer programs
for many of the techniques.
Although the computer testing will inevitably have moved on, students on
courses in occupational, educational and clinical psychology, as well as in
psychological testing itself, would still find this a valuable source of infor
mation, guidance and clear explanation