Principles of Test Theories

By Suen and Hoi K. Suen

Based on a tremendous increase in the development of psychometric theories in the past decade -- ranging from techniques for criterion-referenced testing to behavioral assessment, generalizability, and item response theory -- this book offers a summary of core issues. In so doing, it provides a comprehensive survey of reliability, validity, and item analysis from the perspectives of classical true-score model, generalizability theory, item response theory, criterion-referenced testing, and behavioral assessment. Related theoretical issues such as item bias, equating, and cut-score determination are also discussed. This is an excellent text for courses in statistics, research methods, behavioral medicine and cognitive science as well as educational, school, experimental, counseling/social, clinical, developmental, and personality psychology.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805801987
• ISBN13: 9780805801989
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Deserves a place on your shelf

This book is a very good overview of the dominant test theories. The author has explained clearly and concisely the basics of Classical Test Theory, Item Response Theory (including the Rasch model), and Generalizability Theory. He also describes item analysis and explains the major estimation methods. There are also chapters on validity and DIF. I recommend this book for students as a great introductory text and for experts who are searching for simple ways to explain complex concepts. The only area I found lacking was the section on "Choice of Model" on page 93. He could have described how the measurement system is degraded to the extent that the discrimination and guessing parameters matter. For more on that topic, get Embretson and Hershberger's The New Rules of Measurement (1999) and read Wright's chapter. Other than that, this is a great book and I believe it should have a place on your shelf!