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Barrow & McGee's Practical Measurement and Assessment

Author : Kathleen A. Tritschler

Publisher : Lippincott Raven

Page : 776 pages

File Size : 25,38 MB

Release : 2000

Category : Health & Fitness

ISBN :

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Book Description

Up-to-date measurement and assessment skills are necessary in preparing to become a physical education, exercise, or sport professional. This edition maintains the integrity of previous editions by continuing its practical approach to content, featuring complete and ready-to-use assessment tools and scoring information. It focuses on measurement and assessment in all three educational domains--physical, cognitive and affective. Helpful pedagogical devices include "What Do YOU Think?" controversy boxes, self-test questions with answers, keyword lists, chapter summaries, "Computer-assisted Searches" sections and "Doing Projects" boxes for further learning. New to this edition are nine "special applications" chapters, written by renowned experts in their fields, who explain how measurement and assessment skills are applied in their areas of specialization. These chapters are unique since NO other textbook in the field offers anything similar.







Measurement and Evaluation in Human Performance

Author : James R. Morrow

Publisher : Human Kinetics

Page : 474 pages

File Size : 26,63 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Education

ISBN : 0736090398

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This brand new edition paves the way for students and professionals to identify and solve human performance problems in all areas of sport science, physical education, health, and fitness. The text introduces students to tests and measurements and guides them through the minefield of statistics, data and decision-making and most importantly being able to understand and make sense of data.



Measurement in Medicine

Author : Henrica C. W. de Vet

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 347 pages

File Size : 41,22 MB

Release : 2011-08-11

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9780521133852

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The success of the Apgar score demonstrates the astounding power of an appropriate clinical instrument. This down-to-earth book provides practical advice, underpinned by theoretical principles, on developing and evaluating measurement instruments in all fields of medicine. It equips you to choose the most appropriate instrument for specific purposes. The book covers measurement theories, methods and criteria for evaluating and selecting instruments. It provides methods to assess measurement properties, such as reliability, validity and responsiveness, and interpret the results. Worked examples and end-of-chapter assignments use real data and well-known instruments to build your skills at implementation and interpretation through hands-on analysis of real-life cases. All data and solutions are available online. This is a perfect course book for students and a perfect companion for professionals/researchers in the medical and health sciences who care about the quality and meaning of the measurements they perform.



Assessment in Special Education

Author : Roger Pierangelo

Publisher : Pearson Education

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 20,85 MB

Release : 2012

Category : Children with disabilities

ISBN : 9780132613262

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Part 1: Foundational concepts in assessment in special education. Introduction to Assessment ; Methods of Assessment and Testing Considerations ; Basic Statistical Concepts ; Validity and Reliability ; Scoring Terminology Used in Assessment. -- Part 2: The special education process. Response to Intervention ; The Child Study Team and Prereferral Strategies ;The Multidisciplinary Team and Parental Participation in the Assessment Process ;Assessment of Academic Achievement ; Assessment of Intelligence ; Assessment of Behavior ; Assessment of Perceptual Processing ; Assessment of Speech and Language ; Early Childhood Assessment ; Other Areas of Assessment ; Determining Whether a Disability Exists ; Writing a Comprehensive Report in Special Education ; Eligibility Procedures for Special Education Services ; Development of the IEP.



Health Measurement Scales

Author : David L. Streiner

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 415 pages

File Size : 34,4 MB

Release : 2015

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0199685215

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A new edition of this practical guide for clinicians who are developing tools to measure subjective states, attitudes, or non-tangible outcomes in their patients, suitable for those who have no knowledge of statistics.