This latest volume in the series Psychological Assessment - Science and Practice describes the current state-of-the-art in test development and construction. The past 10-20 years have seen substantial advances in the methods used to develop and administer tests. In this volume many of the world's leading authorities collate these advances and provide information about current practices, thus equipping researchers and students to successfully construct new tests using the best modern standards and techniques. The first section explains the benefits of considering the underlying theory when designing tests, such as factor analysis and item response theory. The second section looks at item format and test presentation. The third discusses model testing and selection, while the fourth goes into statistical methods that can find group-specific bias. The final section discusses topics of special relevance such as multi-trait multi-state analyses and development of screening instruments.

About the Author
Karl Schweizer, PhD, is Professor in theDepartment of Psychology, Goethe UniversityFrankfurt, GermanyChristine DiStefano, PhD, is Professor in theDepartment of Educational Studies, University ofSouth Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA

Reviews
[A] valuable resource for test developers, researchers, advanced graduate students, and faculty members who teach courses in psychometric theory, structural equation modeling (SEM), and other topics related to test construction practices. John D Hathcoat and Nikole Gregg, James Madon University, and Lihua Xu, University of Central Florida, in Psychometrika, vol. 82, 2017



Book Information
ISBN 9780889374492
Author Karl W. Schweizer
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Hogrefe Publishing
Publisher Hogrefe Publishing