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• catalog abstract ""Do some of your employees need to improve their execution of basic tasks? Should some of your employees work on expanding their knowledge? How can you answer these questions?" "Odin Westgaard brings you Tests That Work, the only practical resource available that shows you how to use tests to assess skills and values in the workplace. Westgaard offers you invaluable advice whether you're developing and administering tests - or merely selecting them."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b11220975.
• catalog created "c1999.".
• catalog date "1999".
• catalog date "c1999.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
• catalog description ""Do some of your employees need to improve their execution of basic tasks? Should some of your employees work on expanding their knowledge? How can you answer these questions?" "Odin Westgaard brings you Tests That Work, the only practical resource available that shows you how to use tests to assess skills and values in the workplace. Westgaard offers you invaluable advice whether you're developing and administering tests - or merely selecting them."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-337) and index.".
• catalog description "Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Fundamentals of testing -- 1. Tests -- What is a test? -- Respondents must respond -- About questions -- Using the right question at the right time -- 2. Categories of tests and items -- Diagnostic tests -- Tests of values or opinions -- Tests of attitudes or preferences -- Tests of skill levels -- Types of items -- Summary -- 3. Measurement -- Measured results -- Sampling the skills of an individual -- Measurement -- Kinds of result -- Summary -- 4. Measuring competence : defining performance and mastery -- Competence -- Mastery -- Performance criteria -- Competence cannot be assumed -- Needs and respondents -- Tests define competence -- Summary -- 5. The three principal uses for tests -- Achievement tests -- Accomplishment tests -- Opinion tests -- Summary.".
• catalog description "pt. 2. A systematic process for test development -- 6. Justifying the test -- Step 1 : Identify and qualify potential respondents -- Step 2 : Justify the test -- Step 3 : Identity performances to be tested -- Step 4 : Set criteria for each performance -- Summary -- 7. Planning the test -- Step 5 : Select the type of test -- Step 6 : Design test presentation and administration -- Formal test design : an added concern for major efforts -- Step 7 : Design and select the evaluation process -- 8. Developing the test -- Step 8 : Write the items -- Rules to remember -- Step 9 : Review and qualify the items -- Step 10 : Pilot the test -- Step 11 : Set cut-scores or other parameters -- Summary -- 9. Producing and administering the test -- Formatting conventions -- Step 12 : Produce the test -- Step 13 : Administer the test -- Summary -- 10. Evaluating and reporting the results -- Step 14 : Evaluate the results -- Report results -- Summary -- 11. Using test results -- Step 15 : Use the results -- Summary -- The fifteen steps -- 12. Evaluating the test -- Validity -- Reliability -- Formative evaluation -- Summative evaluation -- Audits -- Summary -- 13. Test management : an ethical process -- Test administration -- Procedures -- Ethical issues in test management -- Summary -- A final comment -- Appendix : Glossary of testing terms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.".
• catalog extent "xi, 354 p. :".
• catalog identifier "078794596X (alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "1999".
• catalog issued "c1999.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "San Francisco : Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer,".
• catalog subject "658.3/1125 21".
• catalog subject "Business Examinations Design and construction.".
• catalog subject "Employment tests Design and construction.".
• catalog subject "HF5549.5.E5 W473 1999".
• catalog subject "Psychological tests Design and construction.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Fundamentals of testing -- 1. Tests -- What is a test? -- Respondents must respond -- About questions -- Using the right question at the right time -- 2. Categories of tests and items -- Diagnostic tests -- Tests of values or opinions -- Tests of attitudes or preferences -- Tests of skill levels -- Types of items -- Summary -- 3. Measurement -- Measured results -- Sampling the skills of an individual -- Measurement -- Kinds of result -- Summary -- 4. Measuring competence : defining performance and mastery -- Competence -- Mastery -- Performance criteria -- Competence cannot be assumed -- Needs and respondents -- Tests define competence -- Summary -- 5. The three principal uses for tests -- Achievement tests -- Accomplishment tests -- Opinion tests -- Summary.".
• catalog tableOfContents "pt. 2. A systematic process for test development -- 6. Justifying the test -- Step 1 : Identify and qualify potential respondents -- Step 2 : Justify the test -- Step 3 : Identity performances to be tested -- Step 4 : Set criteria for each performance -- Summary -- 7. Planning the test -- Step 5 : Select the type of test -- Step 6 : Design test presentation and administration -- Formal test design : an added concern for major efforts -- Step 7 : Design and select the evaluation process -- 8. Developing the test -- Step 8 : Write the items -- Rules to remember -- Step 9 : Review and qualify the items -- Step 10 : Pilot the test -- Step 11 : Set cut-scores or other parameters -- Summary -- 9. Producing and administering the test -- Formatting conventions -- Step 12 : Produce the test -- Step 13 : Administer the test -- Summary -- 10. Evaluating and reporting the results -- Step 14 : Evaluate the results -- Report results -- Summary -- 11. Using test results -- Step 15 : Use the results -- Summary -- The fifteen steps -- 12. Evaluating the test -- Validity -- Reliability -- Formative evaluation -- Summative evaluation -- Audits -- Summary -- 13. Test management : an ethical process -- Test administration -- Procedures -- Ethical issues in test management -- Summary -- A final comment -- Appendix : Glossary of testing terms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.".
• catalog title "Tests that work : designing and delivering fair and practical measurement tools in the workplace / Odin Westgaard.".
• catalog type "text".