Handbook of Statistics

The area of "Psychometrics", a field encompassing the statistical methods used in Psychological and educational testing, has become a very important and active area of research, evident from the large body of literature that has been developed in the form of books, volumes and research papers. Mains [...]
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The area of "Psychometrics", a field encompassing the statistical methods used in Psychological and educational testing, has become a very important and active area of research, evident from the large body of literature that has been developed in the form of books, volumes and research papers. Mainstream statisticians also have found profound interest in the field because of its unique nature. This book presents a state of the art exposition of theoretical, methodological and applied issues in Psychometrics. This book represents a thorough cross section of internationally renowned thinkers who are inventing methods for dealing with recent challenging psychometric problems. It has an emphasis on the most recent developments in the field. It includes plenty of real, often complicated, data examples to demonstrate the applications of the statistical techniques. It provides information on available software. It is written by authors from leading testing companies.