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Author(s): Ronald K. Hambleton, Peter F. Merenda, Charles D. Spielberger
ISBN(s): 9780805830255, 0805830251
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Year: 2005
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0805830251
ISBN 13: 9780805830255
Author: Ronald K Hambleton, Peter F Merenda, Charles D Spielberger

Adapting Educational and Psychological Tests for Cross-Cultural Assessment critically examines and advances new methods and practices for adapting tests for cross-cultural assessment and research. The International Test Commission (ITC) guidelines for test adaptation and conceptual and methodological issues in test adaptation are described in detail, and questions of ethics and concern for validity of test scores in cross-cultural contexts are carefully examined. Advances in test translation and adaptation methodology, including statistical identification of flawed test items, establishing equivalence of different language versions of a test, and methodologies for comparing tests in multiple languages, are reviewed and evaluated. The book also focuses on adapting ability, achievement, and personality tests for cross-cultural assessment in educational, industrial, and clinical settings. This book furthers the ITC’s mission of stimulating research on timely topics associated with assessment. It provides an excellent resource for courses in psychometric methods, test construction, and educational and/or psychological assessment, testing, and measurement. Written by internationally known scholars in psychometric methods and cross-cultural psychology, the collection of chapters should also provide essential information for educators and psychologists involved in cross-cultural assessment, as well as students aspiring to such careers.

Adapting educational and psychological tests for cross cultural assessment 1st Table of contents:

I: Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Educational and Psychological Tests: Theoretical and Methodological Issues

1: Issues, Designs, and Technical Guidelines for Adapting Tests Into Multiple Languages and Cultures
sources of error or invalidity in test adaptation
practical guidelines for adapting tests
conclusions
acknowledgments
references

2: Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Adapting Tests
bias and equivalence
options in translating/adapting tests
validity enhancement
conclusion
references

3: Selected Ethical Issues Relevant to Test Adaptations
early test development
current status of test use
eleven important stake-holders
test guidelines and standards
purpose of this chapter
general ethical principles
twenty-five ethics standards
a final note
author’s notes
references

4: Statistical Methods for Identifying Flaws in the Test Adaptation Process
statistical techniques to assess construct equivalence
statistical strategies to address and assess method bias
statistical techniques to assess item bias
conclusions
references

5: Using Bilinguals to Evaluate the Comparability of Different Language Versions of a Test
the problem of achieving full scale equivalence in cross-lingual assessment
using bilinguals to evaluate different language versions of a test
research design alternatives using bilinguals
data analysis considerations
conclusions
references

6: Establishing Score Comparability for Tests Given in Different Languages
overview of linking methods
application of four linking methods to linking scores on tests given in different languages
linking tests given in different languages
developing a relationship between PAA and SAT scores
discussion
acknowledgments
references

7: Adapting Achievement and Aptitude Tests: A Review of Methodological Issues
overview of central issues
construct equivalence
equivalence of measurement units
translating tests and test materials
score interpretation and test use
test administration
conclusion
acknowledgments
references

II: Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Educational and Psychological Tests: Applications to Achievement, Aptitude, and Personality Tests

8: Test Adaptation in a Large-Scale Certification Program
overview of Microsoft’s certified professional program
characteristics of a Microsoft certification exam
adapting English-language tests for use internationally
development of the English exam
prelocalization
localization
postlocalization
acknowledgments
references

9: Conversion of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Into Spanish: An Early Test Adaptation Effort of Considerable Consequence
score differences across languages
issues with the EIWA standardization sample
construct validity issues
issues bearing upon the translation and adaptation of the instrument
concurrent validation studies/comparisons with English-language Wechsler tests
summary of EIWA research
comparability of the WAIS and the WAIS-R
acknowledgments
references

10: Developing Tests for Use in Multiple Languages and Cultures: A Plea for Simultaneous Development
construct equivalence
instrument and administration equivalence
simultaneous versus successive development of instruments for multicultural and multilingual assessment situations
pitfalls and remedies in multicultural/multilingual test applications
conclusion
references
appendix

11: The Psychometrics of Adaptation: Evaluating Measurement Equivalence Across Languages and Cultures
item response theory
method
results
discussion
acknowledgments
references

12: Constructing, Adapting, and Validating Admissions Tests in Multiple Languages: The Israeli Case
the translation process
scoring the language versions
quality of the translated versions
conclusions
acknowledgments
references

13: Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Educational and Psychological Testing
cross-cultural adaptation in educational and psychological testing
brief history of the cultural adaptation of tests
developments outside the United States
testing developments in the United States during World War II
developments after the end of World War II
procedures for adapting instruments
examples of procedures used in the development of adapted instruments experienced by the author over a 28-year period (1967–1995)
another real-life experience
most serious and regrettable occurrences
references

14: Cross-Cultural Assessment of Emotional States and Personality Traits
measuring personality traits and emotional states
cross-cultural assessment of the experience, expression, and control of anger
discussion and conclusions

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