| Description |
xv, 183 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 171) and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Educational tests and measurements -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Measurement -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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| Added Author |
Stafford, Mary E.
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| ISBN |
1412910021 paperback |
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