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Archived Version 2023 - 2024
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Description To introduce the student to psychological measurement and assessment and to the principles and procedures used to estimate and evaluate the attributes of psychological tests. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Discuss the principles of psychological measurement and psychometrics 2. Apply these principles to the development of a reliable and valid measure of a psychological construct 3. Discuss the psychometric adequacy of a psychological measure. 4. Discuss the ethical and professional issues in psychological assessment 5. Discuss emerging approaches to measurement and assessment. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Learning Activities Importance of psychological measurement, psychometrics and assessmentConcepts in psychological measurementConstructs, measurement theory, levels of measurement, scaling, digital phenotyping, datafication of behaviour, data analyticsClassical test theoryReliability: Types of reliability – internal consistency, test-retest, inter-rater reliabilityValidity: Types of validity – face, content, construct, convergent and discriminant validityTest design: Basic issues, measuring psychological constructs, types of psychological testsBias: Response bias and test biasMeasuring intelligence and personalityIntroduction to Item Response Theory and Rasch modelsMeasurement and assessment innovation using big data, sensing methods, machine learning and algorithm based approachesEthical, societal and professional issues | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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