Applied Psychometrics Using Spss And Amos

The Book Will Be Designed Primarily For Graduate Students or Advanced Undergraduates Who Are Learning Psychometrics, As Well As Professionals In The Field Who Need AReference For Use In Their PracticeWe Would Assume That Users Have Some Basic Knowledge Of Using Spss To Read Data And Conduct Basic Analyses e.g., Descriptive Statistics, Frequency DistributionsIn Addition, The Reader Should Be Familiar With Basic Statistical Concepts Such As Descriptive Statistics e.g., Mean, Median, Variance, Standard Deviation, Percentiles And The Rudiments Of Hypothesis TestingThey Should Also Have APassing Familiarity With Issues In Psychometrics Such As Reliability, Validity And Testsurvey ScoringWe Will Not Assume Any More Than Basic Familiarity With These Issues, And Will Devote APortion Of Each Chapter as Well As The Entire First Chapter To Reviewing Many Of These Basic Ideas For Those Not Familiar With ThemWe Envision The Book As Being Useful Either As APrimary Text For ACourse On Applied Measurement Where Spss Is The Main Platform For Instruction, Or As ASupplement To AMore Theoretical TextWe Also Anticipate That Readers Working In Government Agencies Responsible For Testing And Measurement Issues At The Local, State And National Levels, And Private Testing, Survey And Market Research Companies, As Well As Faculty Members Needing APractical Resource For Psychometric Practice Will Serve As AMarket For The BookIn Short, The Readership Would Include Graduate Students, Faculty Members, Data Analysts And Psychometricians Responsible For Analysis Of Survey Response Data, As Well As Educational And Psychological AssessmentsThe Goal Of The Book Is To Provide Readers With The Tools Necessary For Assessing The Psychometric Qualities Of Educational And Psychological Measures As Well As Surveys And QuestionnairesEach Chapter Will Cover An Issue Pertinent To Psychometric And Measurement Practice, With An Emphasis On ApplicationTopics Will Be Briefly Discussed From ATheoreticaltechnical Perspective In Order To Provide The Reader With The Background Necessary To Correctly Use And Interpret The Statistical Analyses That Will Be Presented SubsequentlyReaders Will Then Be Presented With Examples Illustrating AParticular Concept e.g., ReliabilityThese Examples Will Include ADiscussion Of The Particular Analysis, Along With The Spss Code Necessary To Conduct ThemThe Resulting Output Will Then Be Discussed In Detail, Focusing On The Inte
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