PSYC6831
10 units
6000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course examines the theory and practice underlying the design and construction of psychological tests (ability and personality), questionnaires and interviews. A variety of testing materials, questionnaires and interview types are compared in lectures and also in practical sessions that provide advanced training in their design, construction, administration and interpretation.The course PSYC6831 is part of the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council's accredited sequence.
Availability
Not currently offered.
This Course was last offered in Semester 2 - 2024.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Critically review a range of testing and interviewing methods and questionnaire designs.
2. Evaluate the practical details of designing, constructing and administering tests, questionnaires and interviews for multiple settings.
3. Select and design tests for culturally appropriate uses; score, analyse and interpret a range of tests, questionnaires and interviews for multiple applied settings.
4. Evaluate the statistical methods used in test construction and questionnaire design.
5. Explain the ethical requirements and challenges of using and interpreting psychological tests in culturally appropriate ways.
Content
This course examines the theory underlying psychological test and questionnaire construction and interviewing, and introduces a range of materials and techniques through practical sessions.
Lectures and practical sessions are divded into three sections:
- Psychometric testing, in which students will investigate such issues as the historical background of testing, types of test for various purposes, how tests are developed and shown to be reliable and valid, guidelines for administering tests, how norms are constructed and used, the ethical uses of testing and contemporary statistical methods of test and questionnaire construction;
- Questionnaire design, in which topics such as sampling, enhancing response rates, sample sizes, questionnaire design, and respondent biases are covered; and
- Interviewing techniques, in which the underlying basis of interviewing as an assessment technique is explored.
Requisite
To enrol in this course you must have successfully completed PSYC6823 or PSYC6825 or PSYC6833 or PSYC6837.
Assessment items
Quiz: In-class Quiz
Written Assignment: Written Assignment
Project: Applied Survey Design
Online Open Book Formal Examination: Formal Exam
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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