Syllabus
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Course Code: PSY406(E) Course Name: Psychometrics (ii) |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Test construction: Test plan and composing test items; Construction of power and speed tests; Construction of Homogeneous Personality Tests; Problems of scoring weights and scoring formulas. |
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| 2 | Construction of tests for special purposes: Tests for mastery learning, Tailored tests; Construction of attitude scales; Development of norms. |
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| 3 | Item response theory: Deterministic and Probability models. Issues in Psychological Testing: Response biases and response sets, Test bias and use for minorities, Validity in clinical setting, Ethical issues. |
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| 4 | Factor analysis: General concepts, assumptions, Methods – Centroid and Principal Components, Rotation of factors: Criteria, Orthogonal and Oblique Approaches; Applications and major pitfalls of factor analysis. |
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