TY - BOOK AU - Furr,R.Michael TI - Psychometrics: an introduction SN - 9781506389875 AV - BF39 FUR PY - 2018/// CY - Los Angeles, London PB - SAGE KW - Psychometrics N1 - Previous edition: Psychometrics : an introduction / R. Michael Furr, Verne R. Bacharach, 2014; Iincludes bibliographical references and index; The psychometrics and the importance of psychological measurement -- Scaling -- Individual differences and correlations -- Test dimensionality and factor analysis -- Reliability: conceptual basis -- Empirical estimates of reliability -- The importance of reliability -- Validity: conceptual basis -- Estimating and evaluating convergent and discriminant validity evidence -- Response biases -- Test bias -- Confirmatory factor analysis -- Generalizability theory -- Item response theory and Rasch models ER -