Item Response Theory for Psychologists (Multivariate Applications Book Series.)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum
Published: August 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9780805828191
Subjects: Psychological testing & measurement; Psychology; Assessment, Testing & Measurement; Psychology & Psychiatry Profession - General; Psychology & Psychiatry / Research; Item response theory; Psychometrics
First sentence: In an ever-changing world, psychological testing remains the flagship of applied psychology.
Description: "Item Response Theory (IRT) is, increasingly, the psychometric method used for contemporary psychological tests. The goal of this book is to explain IRT. The book is especially useful to psychologists and social scientists familiar with small-scale cognitive and personality measures, of those who want to use IRT to analyze scales used in their own research.

It is also useful for graduate students and practitioners who want to understand the contemporary, psychometric foundations of the tests they administer. Familiar psychological concepts are used to help explain various IRT principles. The book develops an intuitive understanding of IRT principles through its use of graphical displays and analysis of psychological principles."--BOOK JACKET.