EPSY 625 REVIEW

SPRING 2005

TOPIC AREASLEC1-TEST THEORY AND PSYCHOLOGY LEC2-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALING LEC3-COGNITIVE ITEM WRITINGLEC4-AFFECTIVE ITEM WRITING LEC5-TRUE SCORE THEORY LEC6-RELIABILITYLEC7-GENERALIZABILITY LEC8- CRT RELIABILITY LEC9- VALIDITY INTRO LEC10- PREDICTION AND CLASSIFICATION;DISCRIMINANT

ANALYSISLEC11- FACTOR ANALYSISLEC12- STRONG TRUE SCORE THEORY LEC13- BIAS LEC14- TEST SCORES

LEC1-TEST THEORY AND PSYCHOLOGY

• HISTORY

• DEFINITIONS AND ISSUES

LEC2-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALING

• TYPES- PERSON, RESPONSE,STIMULUS

• LEVELS OF MEASUREMENT

LEC3-COGNITIVE ITEM WRITING

• THEORY

• ITEM-CONSTRUCTION GUIDELINES

LEC4-AFFECTIVE ITEM WRITING

• THURSTONE PROCEDURE

• LIKERT MODIFICATION

• SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL

LEC5-TRUE SCORE THEORY

• MODEL

• ASSUMPTIONS

• FACTOR REPRESENTATION

• RELIABILITY

• SPEARMAN-BROWN

• FLOW CHART

LEC6-RELIABILITY

• RELIABILITY DEFINITION

• SEM PERSPECTIVE

• STANDARD ERROR OF MEASUREMENT

• CONFIDENCE INTERVAL

• DIFFERENCE SCORES

LEC7-GENERALIZABILITY

• ADDITIONAL SOURCES

• RANDOM VS. FIXED

• VARIANCE COMPONENTS

• D-STUDY

LEC8- CRT RELIABILITY

• CUT/PASSING SCORES

LEC9- VALIDITY INTRO

• MESSICK’S TABLE

• TYPES- CONSTRUCT/EVIDENCE– CONTENT, CONCURRENT, PREDICTIVE

LEC10- PREDICTION AND CLASSIFICATION;DISCRIMINANT

ANALYSIS• DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS

• REGRESSION

LEC11- FACTOR ANALYSIS

• EXPLORE

• CONFIRM

LEC12- STRONG TRUE SCORE THEORY

• IRT

• ADDED ITEM DIFFICULTY AND DISCRIMINATION AS PART OF MODEL

• LOGISTIC REGRESSION

• SCALING ADVANTAGE

LEC13- BIAS

• TEST BIAS- LEGAL ISSUES

• ITEM BIAS: IRT VS. CHI-SQUARE METHODS

LEC14- TEST SCORES

• NORMS

• TRANSFORMATIONS

• EQUATING: HOR. AND VERT.