1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996394062903316

Autore

Episcopius Simon <1583-1643.>

Titolo

The Popish labyrinth [[electronic resource] ] : wherein is made manifest, that the Papists are entangled in the fundamental article of their faith, that the church cannot erre / / written in Dutch by ... Dr. Simon Episcopius, unto which is added, The life and death of the author ; as also, The life and death of James Arminius, both of them famous defenders of God

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Francis Smith ..., 1673

Descrizione fisica

[7], 42, [5], 34, [1], 28, [2] p. : ports

Altri autori (Persone)

BertiusPetrus <1565-1629.>

Chardon de CourcellesEtienne <1705-1775?>

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Advertisement: p. [1]-[2] at end.

"The life and death of James Arminius, and Simon Episcopius" (Wing B2048) has a special t.p., and may also be found at reel 561:4.

"A short and compendious history of Simon Episcopius", by E. Chardon de Courcelles, is translated and adapted from the introduction to "Opera theologica" of S. Episcopius--Cf. BM.

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786669303321

Autore

Irvine S. H.

Titolo

Computerised test generation for cross-national military recruitment : a handbook / / by Sidney H. Irvine ; foreword, Isaac I. Bejar & Robert J. Mislevy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; Fairfax, Virginia : , : IOS Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-61499-363-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (480 p.)

Disciplina

016.35522

Soggetti

Recruiting and enlistment

Occupational aptitude tests

Soldiers - Rating of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Title Page""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword, I.I. Bejar and R.J. Mislevy""; ""Preface and Acknowledgements""; ""Part 1: Five Lessons for a Generation of Tests""; ""CHAPTER 1: Macdonald's Askaris: Five Lessons for BARB""; ""CHAPTER 2: Lessons 1 and 2: Culture Contexts and Test Instructions""; ""CHAPTER 3: Lesson 3: What Tests to Choose: Evidence-Centred Sources""; ""CHAPTER 4: Learning Lesson 3: Testing Tests in the Laboratory""; ""CHAPTER 5: Lesson 4: Scoring with Automatic Item Generation""; ""Part 2: BARB: The British Army Recruit Battery""; ""Introduction to CHAPTER 6 by J. Anderson""

""CHAPTER 6: BARB: From Paper and Pencil Analogues to Prototypes""""CHAPTER 7: Lesson 5: BARB Validations Using Military Criteria""; ""Introduction to CHAPTER 8 by P. Cawkill""; ""CHAPTER 8: On Board with the Royal Navy""; ""CHAPTER 9: Gunnery and Electronics: Learning to Know How""; ""Part 3: The Second Generation""; ""Introduction to CHAPTER 10 by P.C. Kyllonen""; ""CHAPTER 10: From Plymouth to the USA: Another Generation""; ""CHAPTER 11: USA: the Computer-Delivered `Second'  Phase""; ""Introduction to CHAPTER 12 by J. Wulf with T. Kutschke""

""CHAPTER 12: Psychometric Counsel from Europe, with a commentary by F.J. Lescreve on `Belgium: The Operational Campaign'""""CHAPTER



13: The Politics of Psychometrics: Diversity or Adversity?""; ""Part 4: The Shape of Things to Come""; ""Introduction to CHAPTER 14 by M.D. Matthews""; ""CHAPTER 14: The Attributes of Attrition: a Thankless Quest?""; ""CHAPTER 15: Attrition Screens: Convention, Practice, Theory""; ""CHAPTER 16: The Psychometrics of Recruitment and Attrition""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""References and Bibliography""; ""Subject Index""; ""Abbreviations""

Sommario/riassunto

"'Computerised Test Generation for Cross-National Military Recruitment' by Prof. Sidney H. Irvine is a handbook for use in occupational psychology, test construction and psychometrics. The book describes the development of the British Army Recruitment Battery (BARB) by Prof. Irvine and his colleagues at the University of Plymouth. BARB is a computer-administered selection battery that is still in use to this day and is capable of developing new parallel tests for every candidate in the recruitment process. In telling the story, Sidney Irvine describes not only the development of the battery it