This undergraduate textbook examines how formal and informal tests are created, scored, and interpreted by mental health professionals when evaluating clients, and surveys the various techniques commonly used for assessing educational ability, intelligence, career and occupational aptitude, and clinical issues.
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Essentials of testing and assessment: a practical guide for counselors, social workers, and psychologists
2010, Thomson/Brooks/Cole
in English
- 2nd ed. (Inter. ed.)
1439037930 9781439037935
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Book Details
Table of Contents
History and current professional issues: History of Testing and Assessment
Ethical, Legal, And Professional Issues In Assessment
Test Worthiness: Validity, Reliability, Practicality, and cross cultural fairness
Statistical Concepts: Making Meaning Out Of raw scores
Creating new scores to interpret test data
Educational Assessment of Ability: Survey Battery, diagnostic, readiness, and cognitive ability tests
Assessment of Intelligence
Career and Occupational Assessment: Interest inventories, multiple aptitude, and special aptitude tests
Clinical Assessment: Objective and Projective personality tests
Informal Assessment: Observation, Rating Scales, classification methods, and records and personal documents
Diagnosis in The Assessment Process
The Assessment Report Process: The Interview, assessment techniques, environmental assessment, and the report.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.

