Syllabus for
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING I
G. Scott Acton
Rochester Institute of Technology
This course is an introduction to conceptual and psychometric aspects of psychological testing.
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Introduction
Wilson, M. (2002). Introduction. In Measurement in education & the social sciences (Vol. 1, pp. 7-11). Berkeley, CA: Copy Central.
Construct Modelling: The "4 Building Blocks" Approach
Wilson, M. (2002). Construct modelling: The "4 building blocks" approach. In Measurement in education & the social sciences (Vol. 1, pp. 13-25). Berkeley, CA: Copy Central.
Construct Mapping
Wilson, M. (2002). Construct mapping. In Measurement in education & the social sciences (Vol. 1, pp. 27-45). Berkeley, CA: Copy Central.
Alternative Representations as Construct Mapping
Acton, G. S. (2001, February 1). Alternative representations [WWW document]. URL http://www.personalityresearch.org/speaking/representations.html
Day, R. S. (1988). Alternative representations. The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, 22, 261-305.
The Items Design and Outcome Space
Wilson, M. (2002). The items design. In Measurement in education & the social sciences (Vol. 1, pp. 47-64). Berkeley, CA: Copy Central.
Wilson, M. (2002). The outcome space. In Measurement in education & the social sciences (Vol. 1, pp. 65-82). Berkeley, CA: Copy Central.
The Measurement Model
Wilson, M. (2002). The measurement model. In Measurement in education & the social sciences (Vol. 1, pp. 83-104). Berkeley, CA: Copy Central.
Factor Analysis
Goldberg, L. R., & Digman, J. M. (1994). Revealing structure in the data: Principles of exploratory factor analysis. In S. Strack & M. Lorr (Eds.), Differentiating normal and abnormal personality (pp. 216-242). New York: Springer.
Item Response Theory
Embretson, S. E. (1996). The new rules of measurement. Psychological Assessment, 8, 341-349.
Zickar, M. J. (1998). Modeling item-level data with item response theory. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 7, 104-109.
The Rasch Model
Acton, G. S. (2003). What is good about Rasch measurement? Rasch Measurement Transactions, 16, 902-903.
Wright, B. D. (1977). Solving measurement problems with the Rasch model. Journal of Educational Measurement, 14, 97-116.
Choosing and Evaluating a Measurement Model
Wilson, M. (2002). Choosing and evaluating a measurement model. In Measurement in education & the social sciences (Vol. 1, pp. 105-128). Berkeley, CA: Copy Central.
Reliability and Validity
Wilson, M. (2002). Reliability. In Measurement in education & the social sciences (Vol. 1, pp. 129-139). Berkeley, CA: Copy Central.
Wilson, M. (2002). Validity. In Measurement in education & the social sciences (Vol. 1, pp. 141-164). Berkeley, CA: Copy Central.
Campbell, D. T., & Fiske, D. W. (1959). Convergent and discriminant validation by the multitrait-multimethod matrix. Psychological Bulletin, 56, 81-105.
Pulling It All Together
Acton, G. S., Kunz, J. D., Wilson, M., & Hall, S. M. (2003). The construct of internalization: Conceptualization, measurement, and prediction of smoking treatment outcome. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Acton, G. S., & Schroeder, D. H. (2001). Sensory discrimination as related to general intelligence. Intelligence, 29, 263-271.
Acton, G. S., Tsoh, J. Y., & Yamada, H. (2003). DSM-IV nicotine dependence is structurally reducible to the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence: An item response theory analysis. Manuscript in preparation.
Midterm Exam
Take midterm exam.
Data Collection Day
Take each other's tests.
What Is ACER ConQuest?
Wu, M. L., Adams, R. J., & Wilson, M. R. (1998). What is ACER ConQuest? In ACER ConQuest: Generalized item response modelling software (pp. 1-6). Melbourne, Australia: Australian Council for Educational Research.
Wu, M. L., Adams, R. J., & Wilson, M. R. (1998). The ACER ConQuest user interfaces. In ACER ConQuest: Generalized item response modelling software (pp. 9-14). Melbourne, Australia: Australian Council for Educational Research.
A Dichotomously Scored Multiple Choice Test
Wu, M. L., Adams, R. J., & Wilson, M. R. (1998). A dichotomously scored multiple choice test. In ACER ConQuest: Generalized item response modelling software (pp. 15-23). Melbourne, Australia: Australian Council for Educational Research.
Modelling Polytomously Scored Items With the Rating Scale and Partial Credit Models
Wu, M. L., Adams, R. J., & Wilson, M. R. (1998). Modelling polytomously scored items with the rating scale and partial credit models. In ACER ConQuest: Generalized item response modelling software (pp. 25-37). Melbourne, Australia: Australian Council for Educational Research.
Differential Item Functioning
Wu, M. L., Adams, R. J., & Wilson, M. R. (1998). Differential item functioning. In ACER ConQuest: Generalized item response modelling software (pp. 75-84). Melbourne, Australia: Australian Council for Educational Research.
Multidimensional Models
Wu, M. L., Adams, R. J., & Wilson, M. R. (1998). Multidimensional models. In ACER ConQuest: Generalized item response modelling software (pp. 85-103). Melbourne, Australia: Australian Council for Educational Research.
Research Paper Due
Turn in research paper.
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