Ordinal measurement in the behavioral sciences /

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This book provides an alternative method for measuring individual differences in psychological, educational, and other behavioral sciences studies. It is based on the assumptions of ordinal statistics as explained in Norman Cliff's 1996 Ordinal Methods for Behavioral Data Analysis. It provides...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cliff, Norman, 1930-
Other Authors: Keats, J. A. (John Augustus)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003.
Subjects:
Psychology > Mathematical models.
Social sciences > Statistical methods.
Analysis of variance.
Psychological tests > Statistical methods.
Psychologie > Modèles mathématiques.
Sciences sociales > Méthodes statistiques.
Analyse de variance.
Tests psychologiques > Méthodes statistiques.
PSYCHOLOGY > Statistics.
Analysis of variance
Psychological tests > Statistical methods
Psychology > Mathematical models
Social sciences > Statistical methods
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Purpose of Psychological Assessment
  • New Myths and Old Rules
  • This Book's Motivation
  • Some Historical Background of Testing
  • Testing in Developing Countries
  • The Evolution of Physical and Psychological Measurement Theory
  • The Development of Test Theory and Practice
  • Mathematical Models in Testing
  • Ordinal Concepts as a Basis for Measurement
  • Antitest Arguments
  • What Makes a Variable a Scale?
  • Scales and Variables
  • The Nature of Scientific Scales
  • Relevance to Scales and Measurement Methods
  • General Principles of Scientific Measurement
  • A Fundamental Typology of Data
  • Mental Tests and Data Relations
  • Types of Assessment
  • A Classification of Test Items
  • Standard Scores
  • Free-Answer With Dichotomous Scoring Assessments
  • Free Response With Polytomous Items
  • Creative Responses
  • Multiple-Choice Items Dichotomously Scored
  • Multiple-Choice Tests With Polytomous Scoring
  • Types of Item Presentation
  • Item Scores and Their Addition to Obtain Total Test Scores in the Case of Dichotomous Items
  • Ordinal Measurement
  • Tied-Ranks Scores
  • Evaluating Items, Tests and Scales
  • Combining Item Scores for Dichotomous Items
  • Item Scores and Their Addition to Obtain Total Test Scores in the Case of Polytomous Items
  • Scoring Polytomous Items
  • Types of Polytomous Items
  • Polytomous Items Scored Across Persons
  • Dominance Analysis of Tests
  • Dominance Relations
  • Pseudo-Orders From Randomness
  • How Dichotomous Items Define an Order
  • Data Basic to Assessing Consistency.

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