Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics 3-Volume Set
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: October 13, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1416
ISBN-13: 9781412916110
Subjects: Research methods: general; Sociology; Research; Social Science; Statistical methods; Reference; Social Science / Research; Encyclopedias; Methodology; Social sciences
Table of contents: title: Ability tests -- Abstracts -- Acceptance sampling -- Achievement tests -- Active life expectancy -- Adaptive sampling design -- Adjective checklist -- Age norms -- Akaike information criterion -- Alcohol use inventory -- Alternate assessment -- Alternative hypothesis -- American doctoral dissertations -- APA -- APS -- ASA -- Americans with Disabilities Act -- ANCOVA -- ANOVA -- Anthropometry -- Applied research -- Aptitude tests -- Area chart -- Arithmetic mean -- AFQT -- ASVAB -- Artificial neural network -- Assessment of interactions in multiple regression -- APS -- Asymmetry of g -- Attenuation, Correction for -- Attitude tests -- Attributable risk -- Attrition bias -- Audit trail -- Authenticity -- Autocorrelation -- Average -- Average deviation -- Bar chart -- Basal age -- Basic Personality Inventory -- Basic research -- Bayes factors -- Bayesian Information Criterion -- Bayesian statistics -- Bayley Scales of Infant Development -- Beck Depression Inventory -- Behavior Assessment System for Children -- Behrens-Fisher Test -- Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test -- Binomial distribution/binomial and sign tests -- Binomial test -- Bioinformatics -- Biserial correlation coefficients -- Bivariate distributions -- Bonferroni test -- Bowker procedure -- Box plot (box and whisker plot) -- Bracken Basic Concept Scale -- revised -- Buros Institute of Mental Measurements -- California Psychological Inventory -- Career Assessment Inventory -- Career Development Inventory -- Career Maturity Inventory -- Carroll Depression Scale -- Categorical variable -- Causal analysis -- Censored data -- CDC -- Central limit theorem -- Centroid -- Chance.; Chi-square test for goodness of fit -- Chi-square test for independence -- Children's Academic Intrinsic Motivation Inventory -- Class interval -- Classical test theory -- Classification and regression tree -- Clinical assessment of attention deficit -- Clinical assessment of behavior -- Clinical assessment of depression -- Cluster analysis -- Cluster sampling -- Cochran Q test -- Coefficient alpha -- Coefficients of correlation, alienation, and determination -- Cognitive abilities test -- Cognitive psychometric assessment -- Cohen's Kappa -- Complete independence hypothesis -- Completion items -- Computational statistics -- Computerized adaptive testing -- Comrey Personality Scales -- Conditional probability -- Confidence intervals -- Construct validity -- Continuous variable -- Contour plot -- Convenience sampling -- Coping Resources Inventory for Stress -- Correlation coefficient -- Correspondence analysis -- Covariance -- Criterion-referenced test -- Criterion validity -- Critical value -- Culture fair intelligence test -- Cumulative frequency distribution -- Curriculum-based measurement -- Curse of dimensionality -- Curvilinear regression -- Data Analysis ToolPak -- Data collection -- Data compression -- Data mining -- Decision boundary -- Decision theory -- Delphi technique -- Delta method -- Dependent variable -- Descriptive research -- Deviation score -- Diagnostic validity -- Difference score -- Differential Aptitude Test -- Diggle-Kenward Model for Dropout -- Dimension reduction -- Discriminant correspondence analysis -- Dissimilarity coefficient -- Distance -- DISTATIS -- Dixon Test for Outliers -- Dunn's Multiple Comparison Test -- Ecological Momentary Assessment -- Educational Testing Service -- Edwards Personal Preference Schedule -- Effect size -- Eigendecomposition -- Eigenvalues -- EM algorithm -- EM algorithm -- Embedded Figures Test -- Equivalence testing -- Essay items -- Estimates of the population median -- Ethical issues in testing -- Ethical principles in the conduct of research with human participants -- Evidence-based practice -- Excel spreadsheet functions -- Exploratory data analysis -- Exploratory data analysis -- Exploratory factor analysis -- Eyeball estimation.; Face validity -- Factor analysis -- Factor scores -- Factorial design -- Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence -- Family Environment Scale -- File drawer problem -- Fisher, Ronald Aylmer -- Fisher Exact Probability Test -- Fisher-Irwin Test -- Fisher's LSD -- Fisher's Z transformation -- Fourier transform -- Fractal -- Fractional randomized block design -- Frequency distribution -- Friedman Test -- Galton, Sir Francis -- Gambler's Fallacy -- Gauss, Carl Friedrich -- Generalized additive model -- Generalized estimating equations -- Generalized method of moments -- Generalized procrustes analysis -- Gerontological Apperception Test -- Gf-Gc theory of intelligence -- Goodenough Harris Drawing Test -- Goodness-of-fit tests -- Graduate Record Examinations -- Grand mean -- Graphical statistical methods -- Gresham, Frank M. -- Grounded theory -- Guttman scaling -- v. 2.; H-P -- Harmonic mean -- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act -- Hello-goodbye effect -- Heteroscedasticity and homoscedasticity -- Hierarchical linear modeling -- High-stakes tests -- Histogram -- Historiometrics -- Holden Psychological Screening Inventory -- Homogeneity of variance -- Hypergeometric distribution -- Hypothesis and hypothesis testing.; Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities -- Immediate and delayed memory tasks -- Independent variable -- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act -- Inferential statistics -- Information referenced testing -- Information systems interaction readiness scales -- Informed consent -- Instrumental variables -- Intelligence quotient -- Intelligence tests -- Internal external locus of control scale -- Internal Review Board -- International Assessment of Educational Progress -- Interrater reliability -- Interval level of measurement -- Iowa Tests of Basic Skills -- Iowa Tests of Educational Development -- Ipsative measure -- Item and test bias -- Item response theory -- Jackson, Douglas N. -- Jackson Personality Inventory -- revised -- Jackson Vocational Interest Survey -- Journal of the American Statistical Association -- Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods -- Journal of Statistics Education -- k-means cluster analysis -- Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children -- Kendall Rank Correlation -- Kinetic Family Drawing Test -- Kingston Standardized Cognitive Assessment -- Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test for One Sample -- Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test for Two Samples -- KR-20 and KR-21 -- Kruskal-Wallis One-Way Analysis of Variance -- Kuder Occupational Interest Survey -- Kurtosis.; Laboratory behavioral measures of impulsivity -- Latent class analysis -- Law of large numbers -- Law School Admissions Test -- Least squares, Method of -- Life Values Inventory -- Likelihood Ratio Test -- Likert scaling -- Lilliefors Test for Normality -- Line chart -- Linear regression -- Logistic regression analysis -- Loglinear analysis -- Longitudinal/repeated measures data -- Luria Nebraska Neuruposychological Battery -- Male Role Norms Inventory -- Malthus, Thomas -- Mann-Whitney U Test (Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test) -- Markov, Andrei Andreevich -- Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods -- Matrix Analogies Test -- Matrix operations -- Maximum likelihood method -- McNemar Test for Significance of Changes -- Mean -- Measurement -- Measurement error -- Measures of central tendency -- Median -- Median test -- Meta-analysis -- Metric multidimensional scaling -- Millon Behavioral Medicine Diagnostic -- Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III -- Minnesota Clerical Test -- Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory -- Missing data method.; Mixed models -- Mixture models -- Mixtures of experts -- Mode -- Moderator variable -- Monte Carlo methods -- Mosaic plots -- Moving average -- MUlticollinearity -- MUltidimensional Aptitude Battery -- Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist -- revised -- Multiple-choice items -- Multiple comparisons -- Multiple correlation coefficient -- Multiple correspondence analysis -- Multiple factor analysis -- Multiple imputation for missing data -- Multitrait Multimethod Matrix and Construct Validity -- Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) -- Multivariate normal distribution -- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator -- National Council on Measurement in Education -- National Science Foundation -- NEO Personality Inventory -- Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale -- Newman-Keuls Tests -- Nominal level of measurement -- Nomothetic versus idiographic -- Nonparametric statistics -- Nonprobability sampling -- Normal curve -- Null Hypothesis Significance Testing.; O'Brien Test for Homogeneity of Variance -- Observational studies -- Ockham's Razor -- Ogive -- One- and two-tailed tests -- One-way analysis of variance -- Ordinal level of measurement -- Orthogonal predictors in regression -- Page's L Test -- Paired Samples t Test (dependent samples t test) -- Pairwise comparisons -- Parallel coordinate plots -- Parameter -- Parameter invariance -- part and partial correlations -- Partial least square regression -- Pascal, Blaise -- Path analysis -- Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test -- Pearson, Karl -- Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient -- Percentile and percentile rank -- Performance IQ -- Performance-based assessment -- Peritz procedure -- Personal projects analysis -- Personality Assessment Inventory -- Personality research form -- Personality tests -- Pie chart -- Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale -- Poisson, Siméon Denis -- Poisson distribution -- Portfolio assessment -- Post hoc comparisons -- Posterior distributions -- Predictive validity -- Preschool Language Assessment Instrument -- Principal component analysis -- Prior distribution -- Probability sampling -- Profile analysis -- Projective Hand Test -- Projective testing -- Propensity scores -- Psychological Abstracts -- Psychometrics -- PsycINFO.; v. 3.; Q-Z -- Q methodology -- Q-Q plot -- Quality of Well-Being Scale -- Quasi-experimental method -- Questionnaires -- Quota sampling -- Random numbers -- Random sampling -- Range -- Rasch Measurement Model -- Ratio level of measurement -- Raven's Progressive Matrices -- Record linkage -- Regression analysis -- Relative risk -- Reliability theory -- Repeated measures analysis of variance -- Residuals -- Response to intervention -- Reverse scaling -- Reynolds, Cecil R. -- Roberts Apperception Test for Children -- Rorschach Inkblot Test -- Rv and congruence coefficients -- Sample -- Sample size -- Sampling distribution of a statistic -- Sampling error -- Scaling -- Scan statistic -- Scattergram -- Scree plot -- Secondary data analysis -- Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 -- Self-report -- Semantic differential -- Semantic differential scale -- Semi-Interquartile range -- Shapiro-Wilk Test for Normality -- Signal detection theory -- Significance level -- Simple main effect -- Simpson's paradox -- Simpson's rule -- Simulated annealing -- Simulation experiments -- Single-subject designs -- Singular and generalized singular value decomposition -- Six sigma -- Sixteen Personality Factor questionnaire -- Skewness -- Smoothing -- Social climate scales -- Social skills rating system -- Society for Research in Child Development -- Sociological abstracts -- Spatial Learning Ability Test -- Spatial statistics -- Spearman's Rho -- Split half reliability -- Spreadsheet functions -- Spurious correlation -- Standard deviation.; Standard error of the mean -- Standard error of measurement -- Standard scores -- Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing -- Stanford Achievement Test -- Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales -- Stanine -- STATIS -- Statistical significance -- Stem-and-leaf display -- Stratified random sampling -- Strong Interest Inventory -- Stroop Color and Word Test -- Structural equation modeling -- Structured clinical interview for DSM-IV -- Sunflower plot -- Support vector machines -- Suppressor variable -- Survey weights -- Survival analysis -- System of multicultural pluralistic assessment -- T scores -- t Test for Two Population Means -- Test-retest reliability -- Tests of mediating effects -- Text analysis -- Thematic Apperception Test -- Three-card method -- Thurstone scales -- Time series analysis -- Torrance, E. Paul -- Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking -- Torrance Thinking Creatively in Action and Movement -- Tree diagram -- True/false items -- True score -- Tukey-Kramer procedure -- Type 1 error -- Type 2 error.; Unbiased estimator -- Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test -- Validity coefficient -- Validity theory -- Variable -- Variable deletion -- Variance -- Verbal IQ -- Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales -- Vineland Social Maturity Scale -- Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale -- Wechsler Individual Achievement Test -- Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence -- West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory -- Wilcoxon, Frank -- Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney Test -- Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test -- Woodcock Johnson Psychoeducational Battery -- Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests Revised -- z scores.