Testing and Measurement A User-Friendly Guide [Paperback]

Written with Bandura's social learning theory in mind, Testing and Measurement: A User-Friendly Guide allows students to master testing and measurement through a three-stage learning process - presentation of information, modeling, and practice with direct feedback. Authors Sharon E. Robinson Kurpius and Mary E. Stafford take students through the essential components of measurement, starting with measurement scales and ending with reliability and validity. Taking the attitude that everyone can learn testing and measurement concepts, the authors make this learning process fun and non-threatening.

Written with Bandura's social learning theory in mind, Testing and Measurement: A User-Friendly Guide allows students to master testing and measurement through a three-stage learning process - presentation of information, modeling, and practice with direct feedback. Authors Sharon E. Robinson Kurpius and Mary E. Stafford take students through the essential components of measurement, starting with measurement scales and ending with reliability and validity. Taking the attitude that everyone can learn testing and measurement concepts, the authors make this learning process fun and non-threatening.

List of Figures
List of Tables
A Note to Students
Acknowledgments
1. What Is a Number? Is a Rose Always a Rose?
Numbers and Scales
Some Final Thoughts About Scales of Measurement
Numbers and Response Formats
Some Final Thoughts About Response Formats
Numbers and Test Scores--How Do They Relate?
Some Final Thoughts About Measurement Scales and Response Formats
Key Terms
Models and Self-instructional Exercises
Words of Encouragement
2. Frequencies: One Potato, Two Potato, Three Potato, Four
Ungrouped Frequency Distributiolsh