Psychological Testing of American Minorities
Author | : Ronald J. Samuda |
Publisher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1998-01-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 0761912150 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780761912156 |
Rating | : 4/5 (156 Downloads) |
Download or read book Psychological Testing of American Minorities written by Ronald J. Samuda and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1998-01-21 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second Edition of this classic work has been thoroughly updated and revised with an additional chapter providing a powerful rebuttal to The Bell Curve. Ronald J Samuda presents a comprehensive analysis of the perspectives, pitfalls, fallacies, issues, consequences and trends in the use of standardized norm-referenced tests with American minorities. He demonstrates that testing continues to be the primary method for injecting pseudoscientific arguments which bolster discrimination, prejudice and social injustice.