Rehabilitation Counseling: Creating an Instrument
A guide for students for resources for rehabilitation counseling at the Pfau Library.
How-To
Creating a valid instrument can be complex. Word choice, unintentional biases, purpose, and use must be considered.
- Creating Usable Assessment Tools: A Step-by-Step Guide to Instrument DesignSusan L. Davis and A. Katherine Morrow have created a workbook to explain the complexities of instrument creation, and to help you think it through before you begin.
- Code of Fair Testing Practices in EducationPrepared by the Joint Committee on Testing Practices.
E-Books at the Pfau Library
Below is a list of e-books in the Pfau Library that might help you make an instrument.
- Psychological Test and Assessment ModelingA periodical focused on assessment.
Books at the Pfau Library
Below is a list of paper books in the Pfau Library that might help you make an instrument.
- Psychological Testing by Anne Anastasi4th Fl. BF431 .A573 1988
- Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment edited by Michel Hersen1st FL REF BF176 .C654 2004
Four volume set in the Reference Collection which contains detailed essays about issues in assessment as well as some famous instruments. - Essentials of Psychological Testing by Susana Urbina4th Fl. BF176 .U73 2004
- Positive Psychological Assessment: A Handbook of Models and Measures4th FL BF176 .S555 2006
- Psychological Testing and Assessment by David Shum4th FL BF176 .S555 2006
- Psychological Testing and Assessment by Lewis Aiken4th FL BF176 .A48 2003
- Handbook of Psychological and Educational Assessment of Children1st FL REF BF722 .H33 2003
4th FL BF722 .H33 2003 - Measurement and Evaluation in Psychology and Education by Robert M. Thorndike5th FL LB1131 .M433 2010
