Psychology 148: Psychological Tests and Measurement

(Tentative) Schedule:

Week	Topics as Defined by the Chapters in Gregory's Book
Jan. 12	Introduction / Army Alpha
Jan. 17-19	1 The History of Psychological Testing 2 Tests and the Testing Process
Jan. 24-26	3 Norms and Reliability
Jan. 31-Feb.2	4 Validity and Test Development
Feb. 7-9	An Introduction to Item Response Theory
Feb. 14-16	5 Intelligence Testing I: Theories and Preschool Assessment
Feb. 21-23	6 Intelligence Testing II: Individual and Group Tests
Feb. 28-Mar. 2	7 Test Bias and Testing Special Populations
March 7-9	8 Group Tests of Aptitude and Achievement
March 21-23	10 Special Settings for Psychological Assessment 11 Industrial and Organizational Assement
March 28-30	12 Vocational and Values Assessment
April 4-6	13 Origins of Personality Testing
April 11-13	April 11: No class; time to work on papers 14 Structured Personality Assessment
April 18-20	14 Structured Personality Assessment
April 25-27	15 Special Topics and Issues in Testing
May 9 (Tuesday), 8:00AM	Final Exam

Requirements, grading, and stuff: On Thursday, January 19, and thereafter on each Thursday, there will be (very short) weekly quizzes on the chapter(s) assigned for that week. (The first quiz, on January 19, will cover chapters 1-2.) There will also be a final examination, using multiple choice questions written by the class; you will receive credit both for the quality of your performance on the quizzes and the final and for the quality of the performance of the items you write for the final.

In addition, you will participate in the design of a short test/questionnaire to measure some psychological construct. The items will be due March 28; everybody in the class will respond to them. We will provide item-analysis statistics and you will write a report on the performance of your instrument. Reports will be due April 27.

The schedule above is in the nature of a prediction, not a guarantee or contract.

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