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Books on: testing bias

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Assessing Sex Bias in Testing: A Review of the Issues and Evaluations of 74 Psychological and Educational Tests

Book by Paula Selkow; Greenwood Press, 1984

Subjects:

Sexism In Educational Tests, Sexism In Psychological Tests

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Assessing Sex Bias in Testing Recent Titles in Contributions...Preston, editors Assessing Sex Bias in Testing A Review of the Issues and Evaluations...Selkow Paula. Assessing sex bias in testing. Contributions in psychology...
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Weight Bias: Nature, Consequences, and Remedies

Book by Kelly D. Brownell, Rebecca M. Puhl, Marlene B. Schwartz, Leslie Rudd; Guilford Press, 2005

Subjects:

Body Image, Body Image--Social Aspects, Discrimination Against Overweight Persons, Physical-Appearance-Based Bias

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...FIGURE 2.2. Results of implicit attitude testing in obesity specialists. Subjects categorized...OBESE PATIENTS EXPERIENCE OF WEIGHT-RELATED BIAS The research reviewed earlier indicates...which patients perceive weight-related bias in their interactions with doctors. In...
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The Dictionary of Bias-Free Usage: A Guide to Nondiscriminatory Language

Book by Rosalie Maggio; Oryx Press, 1991

Subjects:

Bias-Free Language--Dictionaries, English Language--Usage--Dictionaries, Nonsexist Language--Dictionaries, Pluralism (Social Sciences)--Dictionaries

Collections: Education, Entire Library

THE DICTIONARY OF BIAS-FREE USAGE A Guide to Nondiscriminatory...Rosalie. The dictionary of bias-free usage: a guide to nondiscriminatory...DICTIONARY OF BIAS-FREE USAGE 27 Users Guide George...
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Testing and Assessment in Counseling Practice

Book by C. Edward Watkins Jr., Vicki L. Campbell; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000

Subjects:

Counseling, Personality Tests, Psychological Tests, Vocational Interests--Testing

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...show that the person had a tendency to bias their answers in that direction. F-K...others are against them. for insults, testing therapists patience. Difficult...sincere, May have grown tired during the testing. practical, conscientious, unpopular...
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Computerized Adaptive Testing: A Primer

Book by Howard Wainer; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000

Subjects:

Computer Adaptive Testing

Collections: Education, Entire Library

This celebrated primer presents an introduction to all of the key ingredients in understanding computerized adaptive testing technology, test development, statistics, and mental test theory. Based on years of research, this accessible book educates the novice and serves as a compendium of ...
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This celebrated primer presents an introduction to all of the key ingredients in understanding computerized adaptive testing technology, test development, statistics, and mental test theory. Based on years of research, this accessible book educates the novice and serves as a compendium of state-of-the-art information for professionals interested in computerized testing in the areas of education, psychology, and other related social sciences. A hypothetical test taken as a prelude to employment is used as a common example throughout to highlight this book's most important features and problems. Changes in the new edition include: *a completely rewritten chapter 2 on the system considerations needed for modern computerized adaptive testing; *a revised chapter 4 to include the latest in methodology surrounding online calibration and in the modeling of testlets; and *a new chapter 10 with helpful information on how test items are really selected, usage patterns, how usage patterns influence the number of new items required, and tools for managing item pools.
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Journal Articles on: testing bias

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An Investigation of Situational Bias: Conspicuous and Covert Timing during Curriculum-Based Measurement of Mathematics across African American and Caucasian Students

Journal article by Tawny N. Evans-Hampton, Christopher H. Skinner, Carlen Henington, Sanpier Sims, C. Elizabeth Mcdaniel; School Psychology Review, Vol. 31, 2002

Subjects:

African Americans--Psychological aspects, Curriculum-based assessment--Social aspects, Mathematics--Examinations, problems, exercises, etc., Personality and situation--Social aspects, Test bias--Evaluation, Time measurement, Timekeeping--Psychological aspects

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...measurement (CBM). Situational bias occurs when testing situations, conditions, or...situational bias. Situational bias occurs when testing situations, conditions, or...S. (1999). Bias in mental testing since Bias in Mental Testing. School...
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Adverse Selection, Seller Effort, and Selection Bias

Journal article by Bradley S. Wimmer, Brian Chezum; Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 73, 2006

Subjects:

Commerce, Selection bias

Collections: Entire Library

...Pierre-Andre, and Bernard Salanie. 2000. Testing for asymmetric information in insurance...Economics 32:249-62. Edelberg, Wendy. 2004. Testing for adverse selection and moral hazard...Estimating models with sample selection bias: A survey. Journal of Human Resources...
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Hit-Contingent Response Bias in Helmut Schmidt's Automated Precognition Experiments

Journal article by John Palmer; The Journal of Parapsychology, Vol. 61, 1997

Subjects:

Extrasensory perception--Analysis, Precognition--Testing

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Hit-contingent response bias in Helmut Schmidts automated...I presented the results of testing a proposed conventional interpretation...Obviously, any test of response bias with this subjects data would...notice another kind of response bias. It appeared that subjects had...
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Pre-Employment Testing and Employee Productivity

Journal article by Lawrence M. Rudner; Public Personnel Management, Vol. 21, 1992

Subjects:

Employment tests--Validity, Labor productivity--Testing, Performance standards--Testing

Collections: Entire Library

...factors are reviewed and major testing issues -- test bias, legal issues, validity generalization...shifted the rules with regard to bias in testing at least three times. In our...473-478. Jensen, A.R. (198(}). Bias in Mental Testing, New York: The Free Press...
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Equivalence and Interval Testing for Lehmann's Alternative

Journal article by Axel Munk; Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 91, 1996

Subjects:

Confidence interval--Testing, Confidence intervals--Testing, Drugs--Therapeutic equivalency

Collections: Entire Library

...Equivalence and Interval Testing for Lehmanns Alternative...investigation of the bias in the case of unequal...diminishing of the bias and hence of the...sizes n = m. The testing problem (4) remains...case of equivalence testing, the proposed interval...asymptotically) equal. The bias is negligibly small...

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Magazine Articles on: testing bias

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No Death-Penalty Doubts at Justice: DNA Testing and Racial Bias Raise Questions of Fairness-But Not with Ashcroft

Magazine article by Joseph Rosenbloom; The American Prospect, Vol. 14, March 2003

Subjects:

Ashcroft, John D.--Political activity, Capital punishment--Laws, regulations, etc., DNA testing--Usage, Ryan, George--Political activity

Collections: Entire Library

...doubts at justice: DNA testing and racial bias raise questions of fairness...declared it free of racial bias, a charge President Clinton...inmates access to DNA testing. Both steps are crucial...no evidence of racial bias in the administration...
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Is There Gender Bias in Drug Testing?

Magazine article; FDA Consumer, Vol. 25, April 1991

Subjects:

Drug therapy--Demographic aspects, Drugs--Testing, Jensvold, Margaret--Interviews, Medicine--Analysis, Sexism in medicine--Analysis, Sexism--Analysis, Temple, Robert--Interviews

Collections: Entire Library

Is There Gender Bias in Drug Testing? Diane Rehm: ... According...extensive do you believe that gender bias in clinical drug testing actually is? Dr. Jensvold...Whats been the rationale behind testing using only men and not women...
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The Bias Question: In a Surprising Challenge to the SAT's Reputation as an Unbiased Measure of Student Learning, One Researcher Has Argued That Blacks Do Better Than Matched-Ability Whites on the Harder Questions of the SAT-Something He Believes Their Scores Should Reflect

Magazine article by Jay Mathews; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 292, November 2003

Subjects:

African Americans--Testing, Educational Testing Service--Management, Educational services industry--Management, Educational tests and measurements--Evaluation, Educational tests--Evaluation, Examinations--Evaluation, Scholastic Assessment Test (Test)--Evaluation

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...and development at the Educational Testing Service, where Freedle had worked...racially biased. Previous work on bias in the SAT, he wrote, had failed...case involving the issue of racial bias in testing arose later, and dealt not with college-entrance...
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Testing Drugs in People

Magazine article by Ken Flieger; FDA Consumer, Vol. 28, July 1994

Subjects:

Clinical trials--Laws, regulations and rules, Drugs--Testing

Collections: Entire Library

...the possibility of "selection bias," the tendency to pick healthier...Blind In clinical trials, bias (a "tilt" in favor of a treatment...blinding" helps ensure that bias doesnt distort the conduct of...which. Ethical Questions Testing experimental drugs in people...
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GENETIC TESTING: Balancing Benefits and Abuses

Magazine article by Steve Lebau, Richard Neuworth; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 129, July 2000

Subjects:

Genetic screening--Health aspects, Genetic testing--Health aspects, Genetics--Study and teaching, Heredity--Research

Collections: Entire Library

...decide not to hire those individuals in the first place. Genetic testing in the workplace can be used to screen out many different kinds...people for any number of reasons. It can be key in supporting a bias that has nothing to do with the requirements of the job. Say...

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Newspaper Articles on: testing bias

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House Passes Bill Banning DNA Bias; Boosts Genetic Testing

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 2, 2008

Subjects:

Bills, Legislative, DNA, Genetic screening, Genetic testing, Legislative bills

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

House Passes Bill Banning DNA Bias; Boosts Genetic Testing. Byline: Sean Lengell, THE...potentially lifesaving genetic testing for fear the results could lead...of genetic research." Genetic testing can lead to early, lifesaving...
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Taxi Commission Accused of Racial Bias, Testing Problems

Newspaper article by Matthew Cella; The Washington Times, February 8, 2001

Subjects:

Williams, Anthony A.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Taxi commission accused of racial bias, testing problems by Matthew Cella Charges of racial discrimination...in the District, along with possible irregularities in the testing process for taxi licenses. An applicant who complained about...
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Bias' Sudden Death Brought Shock, Disbelief in '86

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 19, 2007

Subjects:

Bias, Len

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...stricter admissions process, greater emphasis on a mandatory drug testing program, higher academic standards for athletes to remain eligible...tutorial and guidance staffs. Could such enhancements have saved Bias? Nobody knows. An examination of Bias last hours provides no...
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For Many, Bias' Death Still Resonates; His Mother Speaks to Those Who Forgot

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 19, 2006

Subjects:

Bias, Len

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...I believe that he was a seed that went down to bring forth life to help save others." Bias death prompted some college programs to institute drug-testing regimens. The NFL and NBA also either instituted or toughened substance-abuse policies...
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Message from Bias Still Not Being Heard

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 29, 2004

Subjects:

Bias, Len

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...to be exact, and the Celtics were the poor souls who drafted Bias. June19, 1986 in Beantown is like Black Friday in 1929; the...this year and left the organization without permission after testing positive for marijuana. A $200,000 fine and a stay in rehab...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: testing bias

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Japan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...pressure to contribute to the UN effort in accordance with its economic power, also had to address the decidedly antimilitaristic bias of the Japanese people. After the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Japan also contributed (2004 6) forces to reconstruction efforts. That...

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