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020			_a9781285454245
040			_cDLC
082			_a150.287 NEW 2014
100			_aNeukrug, Ed. _eauthor.
245		0	_aEssentials of testing and assessment : _ba practical guide to counselors, social workers, and psychologists / _cEdward S. Neukrug, R. Charles Fawcett.
250			_a3rd edition.
260			_bCENGAGE _c2006
300			_axxi, 346 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505			_a Understanding the assessment process : history, ethical and professional issues, diagnosis, and the assessment report. History of testing and assessment -- Ethical, legal, and professional issues in assessment -- Diagnosis in the assessment process -- The assessment report process : interviewing the client and writing the report -- Test worthiness and test statistics. Test worthiness : validity, reliability, cross-cultural fairness, and practicality -- Statistical concepts : making meaning out of raw scores -- Statistical concepts : creating new scores to interpret test data -- Commonly used assessment techniques. Assessment of educational ability : survey battery, diagnostic, readiness, and cognitive ability tests -- Intellectual and cognitive functioning : intelligence testing and neuropsychological assessment -- 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, environmental assessment, records and personal documents, and performance-based assessment --
505			_aAppendix A. Websites of codes of ethics of select mental health professional associations -- Appendix B. Assessment sections of ACA's and APA's Codes of Ethics -- Appendix C. Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education -- Appendix D. Sample assessment report -- Supplemental statistical equations -- Appendix F. Converting percentiles from z-scores.
650			_aAbility _xTesting.
650			_aBehavioral assessment.
650			_aPsychology _xMethodology.
650			_aCounseling.
700			_aFawcett, R. Charles.
942			_2ddc _cBOOK
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