Tests and Assessment by W Bruce Walsh

Tests and Assessment by W Bruce Walsh

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Presents basic concepts in tests and assessment to contribute to an understanding and use of psychological and educational tests. This book focuses on the theory, techniques, and skills used to assess people and their behavior in context with the environment.

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Tests and Assessment by W Bruce Walsh

For junior through graduate-level courses in Psychological Testing, Psychological Assessment, Educational and Psychological Measurement, and Educational Appraisal in departments of Psychology, Education, and Counseling. This text presents basic concepts in tests and assessment to contribute to a more intelligent understanding and use of psychological and educational tests. It focuses on the theory, techniques, and skills used to assess people and their behavior in context with the environment.

W. Bruce Walsh, PhD, is professor emeritus in the department of psychology at the Ohio State University. Walsh is the founder and charter editor of the Journal of Career Assessment. He has coauthored and coedited 24 books and 150 journal articles. In 1998 he served as president of the Society of Counseling Psychology and in 2010 president of the Society for Environmental, Population, and Conservation Psychology. From 1990 to 2002 he served as the director of training for the Counseling Psychology Program at Ohio State. In 2004 he received the Leona Tyler Award from the Society of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association in recognition of outstanding accomplishments.

Mark L. Savickas, PhD, is professor of family and community medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical University. His 80 articles, 40 book chapters, and 500 presentations to professional groups have dealt with vocational behavior and career counseling. From 2011 to 2014 he served as president of the counseling psychology division in the International Association of Applied Psychology and has been and editor of the Journal of Vocational Behavior since 1999. He received the Leona Tyler Award for Distinguished Contributions to Counseling Psychology (2011) from the Society of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association and the Eminent Career Award from the National Career Development Association.

Paul J. Hartung, PhD, is professor of family and community medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical University and adjunct professor of counseling at the University of Akron. A fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 17) and the National Career Development Association, he has authored over 70 journal articles and book chapters dealing with career development, assessment, and counseling. He is the incoming editor of The Career Development Quarterly.

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ISBN 13 9780130959478
ISBN 10 0130959472
Title Tests and Assessment
Author W Bruce Walsh
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pearson Education (US)
Year published 2000-07-18
Number of pages 496
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.