Psychological Assessment in South Africa - 9781868145782

Psychological Assessment in South AfricaResearch and Applications\nAuthor(s): Sumaya Laher, Kate Cockcroft, Zaytoon Amod, Katherine Bain, Fatima Bhabha\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Wits University Press, South Africa\nImprint: Wits University Press\nISBN-13: 9781868145782, 978-1868145782\nSynopsis\nThis book provides an overview of the research related to psychological assessment across South Africa.\n The thirty-six chapters provide a combination of psychometric theory and practical assessment applications in order to combine the currently disparate research that has been conducted locally in this field. Existing South African texts on psychological assessment are predominantly academic textbooks that explain psychometric theory and provide brief descriptions of a few testing instruments. Psychological Assessment in South Africa provides in-depth coverage of a range of areas within the broad field of psychological assessment, including research conducted with various psychological.