Appraisal Procedures for Counsellors and Helping Professionals - Hardcover

Drummond, Robert J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0023306777 ISBN 13: 9780023306778

Publisher: Macmillan USA, 1992

Synopsis

Text is appropriate for courses in assessment in counseling, psychological testing, and tests and measurement.

The leading text in appraisal for counselors. This thorough overview of appraisal covers basic measurement theory and all relevant tests. It provides guidance on how and when to use tests in different environments with different populations, and it provides practical suggestions on basic procedures like test selection, administration, and reporting.

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About the Author

Karyn Dayle Jones is an associate professor in counselor education at the University of Central Florida. She has 20 years of experience in the counseling profession and has been a counselor educator for 14 years. Jones is coauthor of Introduction to the Profession of Counseling, has authored or coauthored several book chapters and refereed publications, and has made numerous professional presentations in the field of counseling and counselor education. Her primary areas of research are assessment and diagnosis. She is the past president of the Counseling Association for Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, a division of the American Counseling Association. Jones is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and a National Certified Counselor, and she has worked as a counselor in mental health agencies, schools, and private practice.

 

The lateRobert J. Drummond taught Counselor Education at the University of North Florida for twenty years before retiring. In addition to Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professional, he was the author of Career Counseling: A Developmental Approach (Prentice Hall, 1994) as well a number of book chapters and journal articles. He passed away in 2005.

From the Back Cover

This "Classic" in Appraisal Procedures, Now Reorganized and Updated, Provides More Depth in Key Appraisal Topics

Thorough coverage of appraisal. Basic measurement theory and all relevant tests are included, plus a broad array of types of assessments from ability, aptitude, and achievement testing to school, career, and mental health assessment.

Practical guidance. Basic procedures in appraisal, including test selection, administration, interpretation, and reporting, are all presented in clear, useful prose.

Expanded content. This edition has expanded coverage of measurement concepts (especially reliability and validity), computer-assisted and computer-adaptive testing, personality testing, and high-stakes testing in education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan USA
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0023306777
• ISBN 13: 9780023306778
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 448