PS28C Psychometrics

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PS28C - Psychometrics

• Introduction and Overview of course

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Where You Can Find Me

• Caribbean Child Development
• Centre, UWI
• Phone numbers 927-1618
• or 977-6982

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When You Can Find Me

• Room 8
• Psychology Unit
• Sir Alistair MacIntyre Building
• Phone number 512-3331
• On Wednesdays 4 6 p.m.
• Or by appointment

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Guidelines for Class

• No talking or disruptive behaviour during class
• Please turn-off cell phones, pagers, and alarms
• No eating or drinking during class
• Class ends five minutes before the hour

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Guidelines for Class

• I will notify class of delays or cancellations
• Formal evaluation of instructor occurs at end of
  course
• Need to elect student representatives for the
  class

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Course Prerequisites

• Must have passed introductory psychology and
  statistics
• Should have passed or currently be taking SY22G
  (Statistics for the Behavioural Sciences)

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Distribution of Grades

• Marking Scheme
• Tutorials 20
• Mid-term 20
• Final Exam 60

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Tutorials

• Tutorial will teach practical skills
• Will learn how to
• 1) Collect information on constructs used to
  develop a measure
• 2) Write items
• 3) Pilot test measure
• 4) Refine improve measure

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Tutorials

• 5) Collect data
• 6) Assess quality of measure
• Write a report describing the properties of the
  scale
• Tutorials will start in two weeks

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Mid-term and Final Exams

• Mid-term exam will be multiple choice questions
• Covers first five lectures
• Final Exam will be short answer questions
• Important to attend all lectures and tutorials

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Text Book

• Anastasi, A. Urbina, S. (1997). Psychological
  Testing (Seventh Edition). Upper Saddle River,
  New Jersey, USA Prentice Hall.
• Additional Readings will be provided

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The Course

• Objective
• To provide an introduction to the theory and
  practice of psychological measurement and
  assessment. Following completion of the course,
  you should have the basic skills needed to
  construct simple measures of attitude, interest
  and opinion. As well, you should be aware of the
  various fields of psychological measurement and
  have a conceptual understanding of the assessment
  of intelligence, personality, and other
  psychological attributes.

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The Course

• Course is divided into three parts
• Basic principles of psychometrics
• Assessing the properties of psychological
  measures
• Major types of tests commonly used in psychology