03980nam 22006494a 450 991078369640332120230617005607.01-135-67657-71-282-32281-897866123228151-4106-1175-2(CKB)1000000000244538(EBL)255595(OCoLC)475970215(SSID)ssj0000097111(PQKBManifestationID)11122109(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000097111(PQKBWorkID)10113114(PQKB)11488625(MiAaPQ)EBC255595(Au-PeEL)EBL255595(CaPaEBR)ebr10110104(CaONFJC)MIL232281(OCoLC)935230953(EXLCZ)99100000000024453820030922d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAdapting educational and psychological tests for cross-cultural assessment[electronic resource] /edited by Ronald K. Hambleton, Peter F. Merenda, Charles D. SpielbergerMahwah, N.J. L. Erlbaum Associates20051 online resource (391 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8058-6176-9 0-8058-3025-1 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Contents; Preface; 1 Issues, Designs, and Technical Guidelines for Adapting Tests Into Multiple Languages and Cultures; 2 Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Adapting Tests; 3 Selected Ethical Issues Relevant to Test Adaptations; 4 Statistical Methods for Identifying Flaws in the Test Adaptation Process; 5 Using Bilinguals to Evaluate the Comparability of Different Language Versions of a Test; 6 Establishing Score Comparability for Tests Given in Different Languages; 7 Adapting Achievement and Aptitude Tests: A Review of Methodological Issues8 Test Adaptation in a Large-Scale Certification Program9 Conversion of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Into Spanish: An Early Test Adaptation Effort of Considerable Consequence; 10 Developing Tests for Use in Multiple Languages and Cultures: A Plea for Simultaneous Development; 11 The Psychometrics of Adaptation: Evaluating Measurement Equivalence Across Languages and Cultures; 12 Constructing, Adapting, and Validating Admissions Tests in Multiple Languages: The Israeli Case; 13 Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Educational and Psychological Testing14 Cross-Cultural Assessment of Emotional States and Personality TraitsAuthor Index; Subject IndexAdapting Educational and Psychological Tests for Cross-Cultural Assessment critically examines and advances new methods and practices for adapting tests for cross-cultural assessment and research. The International Test Commission (ITC) guidelines for test adaptation and conceptual and methodological issues in test adaptation are described in detail, and questions of ethics and concern for validity of test scores in cross-cultural contexts are carefully examined. Advances in test translation and adaptation methodology, including statistical identification of flawed test items, establishEducational tests and measurementsDesign and constructionCross-cultural studiesPsychological testsDesign and constructionCross-cultural studiesEducational tests and measurementsDesign and constructionPsychological testsDesign and construction371.26/1Hambleton Ronald K123047Merenda Peter Francis1922-1486446Spielberger Charles Donald1927-2013.784995MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783696403321Adapting educational and psychological tests for cross-cultural assessment3705928UNINA