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Perspectives on Bias in Mental Testing
Cecil R. . Ed(S): Reynolds
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Description for Perspectives on Bias in Mental Testing
Paperback. Editor(s): Reynolds, Cecil R. Series: Perspectives on Individual Differences. Num Pages: 608 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 220 x 34. Weight in Grams: 860.
The cultural-test-bias hypothesis is one of the most important scien tific questions facing psychology today. Briefly, the cultural-test-bias hypothesis contends that all observed group differences in mental test scores are due to a built-in cultural bias of the tests themselves; that is, group score differences are an artifact of current psychomet ric methodology. If the cultural-test-bias hypothesis is ultimately shown to be correct, then the 100 years or so of psychological research on human differences (or differential psychology, the sci entific discipline underlying all applied areas of human psychology including clinical, counseling, school, and industrial psychology) must be reexamined and ... Read more
The cultural-test-bias hypothesis is one of the most important scien tific questions facing psychology today. Briefly, the cultural-test-bias hypothesis contends that all observed group differences in mental test scores are due to a built-in cultural bias of the tests themselves; that is, group score differences are an artifact of current psychomet ric methodology. If the cultural-test-bias hypothesis is ultimately shown to be correct, then the 100 years or so of psychological research on human differences (or differential psychology, the sci entific discipline underlying all applied areas of human psychology including clinical, counseling, school, and industrial psychology) must be reexamined and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
Series
Perspectives on Individual Differences
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468446609
SKU
V9781468446609
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