"The field of testing has grown so rapidly that
most contemporary books on psychological testing
are either extensive and superficial, or intensive and
incomplete. Anastasi's new college text achieves a
nice compromise between these extremes. This is not
a compendium of present-day tests, each briefly described
and briefly criticised. Neither is it a recapitulation
of the manuals of a few widely used tests.
It is a carefully planned and integrated volume,
which begins with a consideration of the principles
of psychological testing, proceeds to employ carefully
selected examples of tests of general classification,
aptitude, and achievement, and ends with measures
of personality characteristics ranging from inventories
through projective techniques and situational
tests. In every instance, the instruments selected for
illustration are representative, and their advantages
and shortcomings are handled critically. Although
the book is primarily a college text, it cannot fail to
attract the attention of practicing psychometricians
and clinicians. Particularly important for both students
and practitioners are the sections on the ethics
of control of tests, on test validity, on the limitations
of infant and preschool tests, and on the peculiar
characteristics of projective techniques and
situational tests."
--Journal of Consulting Psychology. 1954 Dec Vol 18(6) 472
