Norman Cliff, John A. Keats

Ordinal Measurement in the Behavioral Sciences

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Book provides background of ordinal theory used to assess psych tests and scales used to assist the interpretation of data.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Psychology Press
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 357g
• ISBN-13: 9780415655798
• ISBN-10: 041565579X
• Artikelnr.: 36541909

Autorenporträt

Cliff, Norman; Keats, John A.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. The Purpose of Psychological Measurement. What Makes a
Variable a Scale? Types of Assessment. Item Scores and Their Addition to
Obtain Total Test Scores in the Case of Dichotomous Items. Item Scores and
Their Addition to Obtain Total Test Scores in the Case of Polytomous Items.
Dominance Analysis of Tests. Approaches to Ordering Things and Stimuli.
Alternatives to Complete Paired Comparisons. The Unfolding Model. The
Application of Ordinal Test Theory to Items in Tests Used in Cross-Cultural
Comparisons. Appendices: Flow Chart for a Program to Carry Out a Complete
Item Analysis of Items in a Test or Scale Using a Small Personal Computer.
Statistical Tables.