1. Tests and Measurements
    1. Psychological Tests - A Definition
    2. Types of Tests
    3. Tests and Decisions - Uses of Psychological Tests
    4. Testing Activities of Psychologists
    5. Information About Tests
    6. Standards for Testing
    7. Critical Discussion: Ethical Principles Relevant to Psychological Testing
    8. Critical Discussion: Alternatives to Psychological Tests
  2. Defining and Measuring Psychological Attributes: Ability, Interests, and Personality
    1. Psychological Attributes and Decisions
    2. Intelligence - General Mental Ability
    3. Critical Discussion:IQ or EQ
    4. Interests
    5. Personality
    6. Critical Discussion: The Relationship Among Abilities, Interests, and Personality Characteristics
  3. Basic Concepts in Measurement and Statistics
    1. Problems and Solutions - Prediction Future Performance
    2. Psychological Measurement
    3. Evaluating Psychological Tests
    4. Statistical Concepts
    5. Critical Discussion: Measurement Scales and Statistics
  4. Scales, Transformations, and Norms
    1. Problems and Solutions - Comparing Scales
    2. Transformations
    3. Norms
    4. Expectancy Tables
    5. Critical Discussion: Should IQ Scores of Black Examinees Be Based on White Norms?
  5. Reliability: The Consistency of Test Scores
    1. Problems and Solutions - Evaluating a Test
    2. Sources of Consistency and Inconsistency in Test Scores
    3. General Model of Reliability
    4. Simple Methods of Estimating Reliability
    5. Reliability Estimates and Error
    6. The Generalizability of Test Scores
    7. Critical Discussion: Generalizability and Reliability Theory
  6. Using and Interpreting Information About Test Reliability
    1. Problems and Solutions - Should You Retake This Test?
    2. Using the Reliability Coefficient
    3. Factors Affecting Reliability
    4. Special Issues in Reliability
    5. How Reliable Should Tests Be?
    6. Critical Discussion: Precise but Narrow - The Bandwidth - Fidelity Dilemma
  7. Validity of Measurement: Content and Construct- Oriented Validation Strategies
    1. Problems and Solutions - What Does This Test Measure?
    2. Validation Strategies
    3. Assessing the Validity of Measurement
    4. Content - Oriented Validation Strategies
    5. Critical Discussion: Face Validity
    6. Construct - Oriented Validation Strategies
    7. Content and Construct Validity
    8. Critical Discussion: How Do We Know Whether Intelligence Tests Really Measure Intelligence?
  8. Validity for Decisions: Criterion-Related Validity
    1. Problems and Solutions - Determine the Potential Benefits of Testing
    2. Decisions and Prediction
    3. Criteria
    4. Criterion - Related Validation Strategies
    5. Construct Validity and Criterion - Related Validity
    6. Interpreting Validity Coefficients
    7. Critical Discussion: Values and Validation
  9. Item Analysis
    1. Problems and Solutions - Which Items Should You Drop?
    2. Purpose of Item Analysis
    3. Distractor Analysis
    4. Item Difficulty
    5. Item Discrimination
    6. Interactions Among Item Characteristics
    7. Item Response Theory
    8. Critical Discussion: Using Item Response Theory to Detect Test Bias