Adapting educational and psychological tests for cross-cultural assessment / edited by Ronald K. Hambleton, Peter F. Merenda, Charles D. Spielberger.

Other author Hambleton, Ronald K.
Other author Merenda, Peter Francis, 1922-
Other author Spielberger, Charles Donald, 1927-2013
Format Book
Publication InfoMahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2005.
Descriptionxi, 378 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents PART I: CROSS-CULTURAL ADAPTATION OF EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES -- Issues, designs, and technical guidelines for adapting tests into multiple languages and cultures / Ronald K. Hambleton -- Conceptual and methodological issues in adapting tests / Fons J.R. van de Vijver, Ype H. Poortinga -- Selected ethical issues relevant to test adaptations / Thomas Oakland -- Statistical methods for identifying flaws in the test adaptation process / Stephen G. Sireci ... [et al.] -- Using bilinguals to evalutate the comparability of different language versions of a test / Stephen G. Sireci -- Establishing score comparability for tests given in different languages / Linda L. Cook, Alicia P. Schmitt-Cascallar -- Adapting achievement and aptitude tests: a review of methodological issues / Linda L. Cook ... [et al.] -- PART II: CROSS-CULTURAL ADAPTATION OF EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS: APPLICATIONS TO ACHIEVEMENT, APTITUDE, AND PERSONALITY TESTS -- Test adaptation in a large-scale certification program / Cyndy T. Fitzgerald -- Conversion of the Wechsler adult intelligence scale into Spanish: an early test adaptation effort of considerable consequence / Carlos Y. Maldonado, Kurt F. Geisinger -- Developing tests for use in multiple languages and cultures: a plea for simultaneous development / Norbert K. Tanzer -- The psychometrics of adaptation: evaluating measurement equivalence across languages and cultures / Fritz Drasgou, Tabira M. Probst -- Constructing, adapting, and validating admissions tests in multiple languages: the Israeli case / Michael Beller ... [et al.] -- Cross-cultural adaptation of educational and psychological testing / Peter F. Merenda -- Cross-cultural assessment of emotional states and personality traits / Charles D. Spielberger ... [et al.].
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 2003060545
ISBN0805830251 (cloth : alk. paper)

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