TY  - BOOK
AU  - Furr, R. Michael; Bacharach, Verne R.
AU  - Bacharach, Verne R.
TI  - Psychometrics: an introduction 
SN  - 9781452256801
AV  - GC BF 39 .F87 2014 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Los Angeles
PB  - SAGE
KW  - PSYCHOMETRICS
KW  - DIDACTIC EVALUATION
KW  - MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Psychometrics and the Importance of Psychological Measurement -- Part I. BASIC CONCEPTS IN MEASUREMENT -- Chapter 2. Scaling -- Chapter 3. Individual differences and correlations -- Chapter 4. Test dimensionality and factor analysis -- PART II. RELIABILITY -- Chapter 5. Reliability : conceptual basis -- Chapter 6. Empirical estimates of reliability -- Chapter 7. The Importance of reliability -- PART III. VALIDITY -- Chapter 8. Validity : conceptual basis -- Chapter 9. Estimating and evaluating convergent and discriminant validity evidence -- PART IV. THREATS TO PSYCHOMETRIC QUALITY -- Chapter 10. Response biases -- Chapter 11. Test bias -- PART V. ADVANCED PSYCHOMETRIC APPROACHES -- Chapter 12. Confirmatory factor analysis -- Chapter 13. Generalizability theory -- Chapter 14. Item response theory and Rasch models
N2  - This book will assist students in appreciating not just how measurement problems can be addressed but why it is important to address them
ER  -