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Denny Borsboom provides an in-depth treatment of the philosophical foundations of widely used measurement models in psychology. Special attention is devoted to the central concept of test validity and future directions to improve the theory and practice of psychological measurement are outlined.

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"Once in a while a book comes along that captures an idea, a zeitgeist, so convincingly and articulately, that you know before you finish that it has already enriched the way you think about a topic...Measuring the Mind: Conceptual Issues in Contemporary Psychometrics by Denny Borsboom represents such a book." Jacqueline P. Leighton, Journal of Education Measurement

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Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. True scores; 3. Latent variables; 4. Scales; 5. Relations between the models; 6. The concept of validity; References; Index.

Measuring the Mind

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 5/23/2005 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780521844635
      978-0521844635
      ISBN-10 0521844630
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      Psychological theory

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Denny Borsboom provides an in-depth treatment of the philosophical foundations of widely used measurement models in psychology. Special attention is devoted to the central concept of test validity and future directions to improve the theory and practice of psychological measurement are outlined.

      Trade Review
      "Once in a while a book comes along that captures an idea, a zeitgeist, so convincingly and articulately, that you know before you finish that it has already enriched the way you think about a topic...Measuring the Mind: Conceptual Issues in Contemporary Psychometrics by Denny Borsboom represents such a book." Jacqueline P. Leighton, Journal of Education Measurement

      Table of Contents
      Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. True scores; 3. Latent variables; 4. Scales; 5. Relations between the models; 6. The concept of validity; References; Index.

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