APA Handbook of Testing and Assessment in Psychology: Volume 1: Test Theory and Testing and Assessment in Industrial and Organizational Psychology ... in (APA Handbooks in Psychology® Series) - Tapa dura

This three-volume handbook is a comprehensive presentation of the theory and application of tests in psychology and education. It begins with an in-depth portrayal of psychometrics: the quantitative underpinning of testing. It then provides thorough, up-to-date and informative chapters related to five general application areas of testing: industrial/organisational psychology clinical psychology (including health psychology) counselling psychology school psychology educational testing In each of these five areas, this handbook is probably the most comprehensive review of the use of testing and assessment in the subfield.

Kurt F. Geisinger is currently Director of the Buros Center on Testing and W. C. Meierhenry Distinguished University Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Nebraska, USA. He has previously been Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Fordham University, USA, Professor of Psychology and Dean at SUNY-Oswego, USA Professor of Psychology and Academic Vice President at LeMoyne College, USA and Professor of Psychology and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of St. Thomas, in Houston, TX, USA.