Description
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAuthors’ Biography ix
Authors Contributing to Case Studies xi
Foreword xiii
Preface xiv
Acknowledgements xviii
Introduction 1
Section I Assessment and Measurement in Practice 13
Chapter 1 The Importance of Accurate Assessment and Outcome Measurement 15
Chapter 2 Methods of Assessment and Sources of Assessment Data 49
Chapter 3 Purposes of Assessment and Measurement 100
Chapter 4 What Is Measurement? 131
Chapter 5 Test Administration, Reporting, and Recording 147
Chapter 6 The Importance of Clinical Reasoning and Reflective Practice in Effective Assessment 171
Section 2 Concepts for Assessment and Measurement 229
Chapter 7 Standardisation 231
Chapter 8 Validity and Clinical Utility 243
Chapter 9 Reliability 272
Chapter 10 Selecting and Appraising Assessments and Outcome Measures 295
Section 3 Assessment and Measurement for Service Evaluation and Improvement 335
Chapter 11 Applying Models to Assessment and Outcome Measurement 337
Chapter 12 Implementing the Optimum Assessment and Measurement Approach 376
Chapter 13 Using Assessment and Outcome Measures in Service Evaluation 393
Section 4 Developing and Evaluating Assessments and Outcome Measures 411
Chapter 14 Test Development 413
Chapter 15 Conducting Psychometric Studies 433
Brief Answers to Chapter Review Questions 445
Index 453
