PSYD 726 Statistics, Research, and Psychometrics

(Formerly PP 7206). This course continues from the content of PSYD 720 Statistics and Research I to further develop research skills and to include psychometrics and test construction. The course emphasizes the development of critical thinking skills and the methodological tools necessary for scholarly and clinical use, interpretation, and formulation of psychometric tools, analyses, and data. The course will include a review and consolidation of introductory multidimensional statistics (MANOVA and multiple regression) and an introduction to factor analysis. These will be used as a foundation for measurement theory and test construction, including topics in reliability and validity, factor scores in assessments, item analyses, and the relationship between objectives and outcome assessments. These skills will be applied to analyses of and development of research designs. Ethics, diversity, and legal issues in research and test construction will be emphasized. Pre-requisite(s): None. Co-requisite(s): None. 3 semester hours

Credits

3

Distribution

Argosy Courses