Psychology 531: Psychological Tests and Measurement
| Time, Place: | 9:30 - 10:45 TTh, Davie 301
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| Instructor: | David Thissen
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| Davie 358A
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| Office hours scheduled using a sign-up sheet on the door of 358A
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| Text: | R.J. Gregory, Psychological Testing: History, Principles, and Applications, 5th Edition
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| (Additional readings will be suggested or provided periodically.)
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(Tentative) Schedule:
| Week | Topics as Defined by the Chapters in Gregory's Book
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| Aug. 21-23 | Introduction / Army Alpha / SAT |
| Aug. 28-30 | 1 Applications and Consequences of Psychological Testing
2 The History of Psychological Testing |
| Sept. 4-6 | 3 Norms and Reliability
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| Sept. 11-13 | 4 Validity and Test Development |
| Sept. 18-20 | An Introduction to Item Response Theory |
| Sept. 25-27 | 5A Theories of Intelligence and Factor Analysis
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| Oct. 2-4 | 5B Individual Tests of Intelligence and Achievement
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| Oct. 9-11 | 6 Group Tests and Controversies in Ability Testing
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| Oct. 16 | 7 Testing Special Populations |
| Oct. 23-25 | No Class Tuesday October 23 Project Begins Thursday |
| Oct. 30-Nov. 1 | 8 Origins of Personality Testing |
| Nov. 6-8 | 9 Structured Assessment of Personality and Other Qualities
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| Nov. 13-15 | 9 Structured Assessment of Personality and Other Qualities (continued)
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| Nov. 20 | 11 Industrial, Occupational, and Forensic Assessment
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| Nov. 27-29 | 12 Legal Issues and the Future of Testing
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| Dec. 4 | TBA
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| Dec. 11 (Tuesday), 8:00AM | Final Exam
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Requirements, grading, and stuff: On Thursday, August 30, and thereafter on (almost) every Thursday, there will be (very short) weekly quizzes on the chapter(s) assigned for that week. (The first quiz, on August 30, 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 November 6; 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 December 4.
The schedule above is in the nature of a prediction, not a guarantee
or contract.