Syllabus
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Course Code: PSY306(E) Course Name: Psychometrics (i) |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Psychological measurement: Nature, General theory, and Levels of measurement. Modern Psychophysical Theory: Law of comparative judgment, Steven’s power law, and Signal detection theory. |
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| 2 | psychological scaling: Nature, Methods – Pair comparisons, Rank order, Equal appearing interval, Fractionation. Multidimensional scaling: Methods and Applications. | |
| 3 | Psychological Tests: Nature, Characteristics, Types of test scores, Theory of test scores, Speed and power problems. Theory of measurement error: Domain sampling model, Model of parallel tests. | |
| 4 | Reliability: Meaning, Classical test theory, Methods of estimate, Reliability of speed tests, Sources of unreliability. Validity: Meaning, Current views, Validation procedures, Factors affecting validity. |
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