Book Review: “Knowledge and understanding of the use of tests”

Abstract

This book presents knowledge about using tests for education, pedagogy, psychology, and human resource development. The author has compiled the content from more than ten years of experience organizing teaching and learning in psychological testing and other related subjects at the higher education level. The book is divided into 11 chapters. There is an order of contents, starting with basic information on principles of test selection, basic statistics, and test characteristics. Leads to test selection Test administration Scoring and Interpreting Results, as well as content on intelligence tests, aptitude tests, achievement tests, interest, values, career surveys, and personality assessments. The author shows that test users need to have skills and abilities in statistics, which are important tools that help test creators collect data, format data, and present, analyze, and interpret test results. In addition, test users must have knowledge and understanding of various aspects of tests to be able to decide on a test that is consistent with the objectives and be able to administer tests that affect the validity and reliability of test results. At the end of each chapter, there are questions for discussion and suggestions for activities. The book helps lay a foundation of knowledge and understanding for readers and is useful for beginners or those who are interested in tests, surveys, and assessments.   It can be used as a textbook for studying the concepts, theories, and development approaches to measurement and evaluation, psychological testing, application to assessment activities, classification, selection, and development of individuals, resulting in knowledge and understanding of the use of tests by the issues to be tested.