Testing, Measurement and Assessment
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A Paul Meehl Reader
Essays on the Practice of Scientific Psychology
Series: Multivariate Applications Series
This new book introduces a new generation to the important insights of Paul Meehl. In addition to selected papers from the classic reader, Psychodiagnosis, this book features new material selected from Meehl's most influential writings. The resulting collection is a tour de force illustrating...
To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
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Contemporary Psychometrics
Series: Multivariate Applications Series
Contemporary Psychometrics features cutting edge chapters organized in four sections: test theory, factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and multivariate analysis. The section on test theory includes topics such as multidimensional item response theory (IRT), the relationship between IRT...
Published April 30th 2013 by Psychology Press
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Ordinal Measurement in the Behavioral Sciences
This book provides an alternative method for measuring individual differences in psychological, educational, and other behavioral sciences studies. It is based on the assumptions of ordinal statistics as explained in Norman Cliff's 1996 Ordinal Methods for Behavioral Data Analysis. It provides the...
Published February 13th 2013 by Psychology Press
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Theories of Meaningfulness
Series: Scientific Psychology Series
Written by one of the masters of the foundation of measurement, Louis Narens' new book thoroughly examines the basis for the measurement-theoretic concept of meaningfulness and presents a new theory about the role of numbers and invariance in science. The book associates with each portion of...
To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press
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Twelve Years of Correspondence With Paul Meehl
Tough Notes From a Gentle Genius
In 1996 Division 12 of the APA presented Centennial Awards to two psychologists who were considered to have made the greatest lifetime contributions to the discipline. One of those individuals was Paul Meehl. Dr. Meehl's writings on research methodology and mental illness influenced generations of...
Published February 13th 2013 by Psychology Press





