Psychometric Theory » (3rd Edition)

The classic text is Psychometric Theory. Like the previous edition, this text is designed as a comprehensive text in measurement for researchers and for use in graduate courses in psychology, education and areas of business such as management and marketing. It is intended to consider the broad measurement problems that arise in these areas and is written for a reader who needs only a basic background in statistics to comprehend the material. It also combines classical procedures that explain variance with modern inferential procedures.

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1: Introduction
PART TWO: STATISTICAL FOUNDATIONS

CHAPTER 2: Traditional Approaches to Scaling

CHAPTER 3: Validity

CHAPTER 4: Elements of Statistical Description and Estimation

CHAPTER 5: Linear Combinations, Partial Correlation, Multiple Correlation, and Multiple Regression
PART THREE: CONSTRUCTION OF MULTI-ITEM MEASURES

CHAPTER 6: The Theory of Measurement Error

CHAPTER 7: The Assessment of Reliability

CHAPTER 8: Construction of Conventional Tests

CHAPTER 9: Special Problems in Classical Test Theory
PART FOUR: FACTOR ANALYSIS

CHAPTER 10: Recent Developments in Test Theory

CHAPTER 11: Factor Analysis I: The General Model and Variance Condensations

CHAPTER 12: Exploratory Factory Analysis II: Rotation and other Topics

CHAPTER 13: Conformatory Factor Analysis
PART FIVE: ADDITIONAL STATISTICAL MODELS, CONCEPTS AND ISSUES

CHAPTER 14: Profile Analysis, Discriminant Analysis and Multidimensional Scaling

CHAPTER 15: The Analysis of Categorical Data, Binary Classification, and Alternatives too

Geometric Representations