{"id":82,"date":"2020-07-28T21:33:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T21:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colincooper.org\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2026-02-27T12:51:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:51:40","slug":"books-by-colin-cooper","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/colincooper.org\/?page_id=82","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-gb82-69e9f28b7d624\"  class=\"panel-layout wp-block-siteorigin-panels-layout-block\" ><div id=\"pg-gb82-69e9f28b7d624-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-gb82-69e9f28b7d624-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-113\" style=\"max-width: 175px; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-108-0 metaslider metaslider-responsive metaslider-113 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Slides of books\" data-height=\"250\" data-width=\"175\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_113\">\n        <ul id='metaslider_113' class='rslides'>\n            <li aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-0'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/colincooper.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/TTN-book-cover_20200728_0001-scaled-175x250.jpg\" height=\"250\" width=\"175\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-113 slide-114 msDefaultImage\" title=\"TTN book cover_20200728_0001\" \/><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-1'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/colincooper.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4th-edition-cover-scaled-175x250.jpg\" height=\"250\" width=\"175\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-113 slide-115 msDefaultImage\" title=\"4th edition cover\" \/><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/colincooper.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Individual-Diffs-1st-ed_20200728_0001-scaled-175x250.jpg\" height=\"250\" width=\"175\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-113 slide-116 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Individual Diffs 1st ed_20200728_0001\" \/><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-3'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/colincooper.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Testing-book-cover-175x250.jpg\" height=\"250\" width=\"175\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-113 slide-117 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Testing book cover\" \/><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-4'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/colincooper.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Intelligence-1st-ed-1-175x250.jpg\" height=\"250\" width=\"175\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-113 slide-118 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Intelligence 1st ed\" \/><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-5'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/colincooper.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IQ-Book-175x250.jpe\" height=\"250\" width=\"175\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-113 slide-119 msDefaultImage\" title=\"IQ Book\" \/><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-6'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/colincooper.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Intelligence-book-cover-175x250.jpg\" height=\"250\" width=\"175\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-113 slide-120 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Intelligence book cover\" \/><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-7'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/colincooper.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Individual-Diffs-2nd-ed-175x250.jpe\" height=\"250\" width=\"175\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-113 slide-121 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Individual Diffs 2nd ed\" \/><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-8'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/colincooper.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Individual-Differences-3rd-ed-175x250.jpg\" height=\"250\" width=\"175\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-113 slide-122 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Individual Differences 3rd ed\" \/><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-9'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/colincooper.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Processes-book-cover_20200729_0001-scaled-175x250.jpg\" height=\"250\" width=\"175\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-113 slide-125 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Processes in IDs\" \/><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-10'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/colincooper.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/psychometrics-2nd-ed-cover-175x250.jpg\" height=\"250\" width=\"175\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-113 slide-33663 msDefaultImage\" title=\"psychometrics 2nd ed cover\" \/><\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I enjoy writing &#8211; and trying to explain important concepts to students, professionals and interested others.  Doing so clarifies my own thoughts.  This is presumably why universities evolved the way they did &#8211; so that academics participate in both teaching and research.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>An Introduction to Psychometrics and Psychological Assessment<\/em> is my latest (2023) offering &#8211; an expanded and updated version of <em>Psychological Testing<\/em>, which won the British Psychological Society&#8217;s textbook award (rather to my surprise).  Don&#8217;t forget to download the spreadsheets from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/An-Introduction-to-Psychometrics-and-Psychological-Assessment-Using-Interpreting\/Cooper\/p\/book\/9781032146171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> as they form an integral part of the book.  [There are PowerPoint slides for each chapter, flashcards to aid revision, a glossary, and links to (free) software there as well.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am currently writing the 5th edition of <em>Individual Differences and Personality<\/em> which should be published in 2026 by Routledge\/Taylor &amp; Francis.  Though a lot depends on the weather &#8211; when it is warm and sunny there are better things to do than sit at my desk and write!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyway, here are the books, and links to purchase some of them from whichever site is handy for you!  There&#8217;s also a video interview in which I talk about my thinking behind the fourth edition of <em>Individual Differences &amp; Personality<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Purchase books from Amazon\/Routledge in your country<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table alignleft\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"195\" class=\"wp-image-109\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/colincooper.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4th-edition-cover-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colincooper.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4th-edition-cover-scaled.jpg 1967w, https:\/\/colincooper.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4th-edition-cover-230x300.jpg 230w, 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