Course Description
Theoretical and statistical principles that underlie psychological measurement and how they are employed in the development and use of psychological tests.
Athena Title
PSYCHOMETRICS
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in PSYC 6150
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, students should have learned: 1. Approaches to test development 2. Classical test theory 3. How to assess test reliability 4. Issues in test validation
Topical Outline
1. Introduction and course overview 2. Test development 3. Properties of the variance of a composite score 4. Introduction to Classical Test Theory 5. Test reliability 6. Interrater reliability and agreement 7. Item analysis 8. Validity 9. Exploratory factor analysis 10. Confirmatory factor analysis 11. Multitrait-multimethod matrices and construct validity 12. Measurement equivalence
Syllabus