Applied Psychometry
- Narender Kumar Chadha - University of Delhi, India
Applied Psychology
Applied Psychometry is a core textbook on the theory and practice of psychometry for undergraduate, post-graduate, and research students of Behavioural and Social Sciences. It is designed to help students in their study of the following papers:
•B.A. Programme Psychology (Core): Psychological Assessment.
•B.A. Honours Psychology (Core): Research Method and Psychological Testing.
•M.A. Psychology: Research Methodology.
•PhD: Quantitative Methods.
•B.Ed / M.Ed./ B.P.Ed/ M.P.Ed/ MHROD/MBA(HR).
This textbook is also a valuable reference material for practising human resource managers.
Applied Psychometry is unique in that it serves a dual purpose. While discussing various aspects of psychometry from an applied perspective, it also takes into account the matching theoretical orientation. The important features of the book include:
•Current issues and debates and their implications on the theory and practice of psychometry.
•An active teaching–learning interface with many examples and activities.
•Chapters on multivariate techniques like factor analysis, its applications and real data treatment.
•Construction and standardisation of scales and tests for measurement.
•An Instructor's Manual to facilitate its use and effectiveness in an institutional set-up.
This book discusses the application of psychometry in educational, organisational, clinical and developmental settings, among others. It equips its readers with the knowledge of the latest developments in the field and offers guiding solutions to a set of selected research problems.
Applied Psychometry is a core text book on the theory and practice of psychometry for undergraduate, post-graduate, and research students of behavioral and social sciences. It is designed to help students in their study it is also a valuable reference material for practicing human resource managers while discussing various aspects of psychometry from an applied perspective. It also takes into account the matching theoretical orientation.
This book explains the ‘beautiful, fascinating, and attractive’ subject of psychometry…It can help a wider variety of students, researchers and consultants. The area of psychometry is taught traditionally to students of psychology and education. Widening the scope of such a book makes research in social sciences scientific and generalizable. It would be of immense use to students specializing in marketing, organizational behaviour, human resources management and other multi-disciplinary research areas.
