Course description
During this course doctoral students will learn how to plan a process of creating a new measurement instrument and/or critically evaluating and validating an existing measurement instrument for the specific use in the student's own research. The course covers those aspects of classical test theory and modern latent variables theory that are necessary for doctoral students to successfully use a measurement instrument in their research projects. These include the following topics: test construction, item analysis, reliability, validity, validity evidence, and validation strategy. Moreover, during the course students will not only learn the basics of test theories, but will also study which methods of statistical data analyses may be used to evaluate these theoretical principles in practice.
Prerequisites and Selection
Prerequisite courses, or equivalent
Knowledge of basic statistics including correlations and regression analysis.
Selection
Selection will be based on:
1) the relevance of the course syllabus for the applicant’s individual study plan/research (according to written motivation).
2) start date of doctoral studies (priority given to earlier start date).
Course director
Aleksandra Sjöström-Bujacz
Course syllabus
C7F5585
Department
Department of Learning, informatics, Management and Ethics
Doctoral programme
Health Care Science (Puf-V)
Type of course
**Other course
Keywords
psykometri, psychometrics, validering , validation, beteendevetenskap , behavioral science