Testing and measurement : a user-friendly guide / Sharon E. Robinson Kurpius, Mary E. Stafford.
| Author/creator | Kurpius, Sharon E. Robinson |
| Other author | Stafford, Mary E. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, ©2006. |
| Description | xv, 183 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | What is a number? : is a rose always a rose? -- Frequencies : one potato, two potato, three potato, four -- The distribution of test scores : the perfect body? -- Central tendencies and dispersion : coming together or growing apart -- Standardized scores : do you measure up? -- Norms and criterion scores : keeping up with the Joneses or not -- Error scores : the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? -- Building a strong test : one the big bad wolf can't blow down -- Reliability : the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow -- Validity : what you see is not always what you get -- The perils and pitfalls of testing : being ethical. |
| Local note | Little-346764--305131052406U |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 171) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005008152 |
| ISBN | 1412910021 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781412910026 (pbk.) |