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Psychometrics
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:25:26
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SUPK_082 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Psychology | Target Audience: | Psychology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Viktorija Perepjolkina | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 10 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 20 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 6 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 18 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | General Psychology, Statistics. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide students with an opportunity to acquire knowledge about the theoretical concepts of psychometrics, types of psychological tools, standard requirements for the development and adaptation of psychological tools, specifics and conditions of using thereof. To provide students with an opportunity to acquire knowledge of the classical test theory. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Psychometrics and the importance of psychological measurement. Historical development of psychometrics as a branch of knowledge. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Psychological tools, types of tests. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Modern standard requirements for tests, the basic conditions for an effective test. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Test development approaches. Test development stages. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Test adaptation and its stages. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Reliability of a test, ways to determine it. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Validity of a test, ways to determine it. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Analysis of test articles. Classical test theory and insight into modern test theories. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Test norms and standardization. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Calculation and evaluation of psychometric indicators (test reliability, validity, analysis of test articles, factor analysis) of a test. | Classes | 6.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Psychometrics and the importance of psychological measurement. Historical development of psychometrics as a branch of knowledge. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Psychological tools, types of tests. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Modern standard requirements for tests, the basic conditions for an effective test. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Test development approaches. Test development stages. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Test adaptation and its stages. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Reliability of a test, ways to determine it. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Validity of a test, ways to determine it. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Analysis of test articles. Classical test theory and insight into modern test theories. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Test norms and standardization. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Calculation and evaluation of psychometric indicators (test reliability, validity, analysis of test articles, factor analysis) of a test. | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | To independently consolidate the lecture material by reading the indicated sources and study literature systematically to prepare for the test. To carry out an analysis of one scientific article on the development of a psychological measurement instrument and to pass a test on it (successfully completed test). Write a report on the self-developed test. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | • Attendance of lectures and practical classes (at least 70%) (makes up 5% of the grade). • Successfully passed the test on the results of the analysis of the article (makes up 15% of the grade). • Successfully written and submitted on time report on test development (makes up 50% of the grade). • Successfully passed exam (test) (30% of the grade). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Defines and explains the types of psychological tools; explains the principles of test quality assessment, basic principles of test design and adaptation. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Discusses the types of psychological tools, construction and adaptation of tests with arguments; critically evaluates the quality of tests based on their psychometric indicators; is able to independently analyse test articles (statement/question), test reliability and validity. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Independently performs test design and adaptation. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Futt, R., M., Bacharach, V. R. (2014). Psychometrics: an introduction. Los Angeles [etc.]: SAGE | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Raščevska, M. (2005). Psiholoģisko testu konstruēšana un adaptācija. Rīga, Raka. | ||||||||
| 2 | Kline, P. (2000). The Handbook of Psychological Testing 2nd ed. London: Routledge. | ||||||||
| 3 | Principles and methods of test construction : standards and recent advances / (2016). edited by Karl Schweizer and Christine DiStefano. Boston, MA : Hogrefe Publishing Corporation | ||||||||
| 4 | Анастази, А., Урбина, С. (2007). Психологическое тестирование. Питер. | ||||||||
| 5 | Бурлачук, Л.Ф. (2002). Психодиагностика. СПб.: Питер. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | International Journal of Testing. | ||||||||
| 2 | Educational & Psychological Measurement. | ||||||||
| 3 | Psychological Assessment. | ||||||||
| 4 | Journal of Personality Assessment. | ||||||||
| 5 | Psychological Review. | ||||||||
