New Developments in Psychometrics

At the International Meeting of the Psychometric Society in Osaka, Japan, more than 300 participants from 19 countries gathered to discuss recent developments in the theory and application of psychometrics. This volume of proceedings includes papers on methods of psychometrics such as the structural equation model and item response theory. The book is in eight major sections: keynote speeches and invited lectures; structural equation modeling and factor analysis; IRT and adaptive testing; multivariate statistical methods; scaling; classification methods; and independent and principal component analysis. The 80 papers collected here provide a valuable source of information for all who are concerned with psychometrics, mathematical and statistical applications, and data analysis in psychological and behavioral sciences.

Contains many papers on various methods of psychometrics such as structural equation model and Item response theory recently developed which enables readers to handle complicated data so as to clarify what the data implies in various areas of behavioral sciences

Inhalt
Key Note Speeches and Invited Lectures.- Equation Model and Factor Analysis.- IRT and Adaptive Testing.- Testing in General.- Multivariate Statistical Methods.- Scaling.- Classification Method.- Independent Component Analysis and Principal Component.- Index.