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Measuring the Mind
By:Denny Borsboom
Published on 2005-05-23 by Cambridge University Press

Is it possible to measure psychological attributes like intelligence, personality and attitudes and if so, how does that work? What does the term 'measurement' mean in a psychological context? This fascinating and timely book discusses these questions and investigates the possible answers that can be given response. Denny Borsboom provides an in-depth treatment of the philosophical foundations of widely used measurement models in psychology. The theoretical status of classical test theory, latent variable theory and positioned in terms of the underlying philosophy of science. Special attention is devoted to the central concept of test validity and future directions to improve the theory and practice of psychological measurement are outlined.

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This book shouldn't be required reading... reading plays that that you don't want to learn is awful. Reading a play kinda sucks to start with, if it had been supposed to be read, then it will be a novel, not just a play. Together with that the teach had us students read the play aloud (on person for every single character for a few pages). None folks had see the play before. None people wanted to read it (I made the mistake of taking the'easy'english class for 6 years). The teacher picked students that appeared to be they weren't paying attention. This compounded to make me pretty much hate reading classics for something similar to 10 years (granted macbeth alone wasn't the problem). I also hate iambic pentameter. Pure activism there. STOP the mandatory reading of plays. It's wrong, morally and academically. And yes it can definitely fuck up your GPA. 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