Scientific Foundations of Clinical Assessment

Scientific Foundations of Clinical Assessment is a user-friendly overview of the most important principles and concepts of clinical assessment. It provides readers with a science-based framework for interpreting assessment research and making good assessment decisions, such as selecting the best instruments and measures and interpreting the obtained assessment data. Written in a direct and highly readable fashion, with plenty of clinical examples that illustrate the relevance of psychometric principles and assessment research, this text is one every professional and graduate student needs to read.

Key Features

• User-friendly overview of clinical assessment principles.
• Science-based framework for interpreting assessment research.
• Direct and highly readable writing style.
• Includes clinical examples to illustrate psychometric principles.
• Expanded and fully updated in the second edition.
• Additional coverage of principles and methods for developing new assessment instruments.

Additional Information

This text is essential reading for professionals and graduate students in the field.