PSA_012 Introduction to psychometrics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2007
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Tomáš Urbánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Mojmír Tyrlík, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jarmila Valchářová
Timetable
Mon 15:00–16:35 C11
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Lectures are focused on the theoretical models in the area of the test theory and psychometrics. Students learn basic notions of the classical test theory, procedures of questionnaire and test construction and common methods of item analysis. In the second part of the course they meet other approaches like item response theory and adaptive testing.
Syllabus
  • - psychological assessment in context of the other psychological disciplines, history of psychometrics - clinical and psychometric approach to psyychological diagnostics, the concept of measurement, types of the methods - characteristics of the test methods, their relationships, sources of the bias, standardization - approaches to reliability, types of reliability measures, approaches to validity, types of validity measures - techniques of the test construction - item analysis techniques - normalization, types of standardized scores - new approaches to psychological assessment, Item response theory and adaptive testing - psychometric models - application of psychometric methods, special problems
Literature
  • URBÁNEK, Tomáš. Základy psychometriky. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně pro Filozofickou fakultu, 2002, 153 s. ISBN 8021027975. info
  • Standardy pro pedagogické a psychologické testování. 1. české vyd. Praha: Testcentrum, 2001, 192 s. ISBN 8086471071. info
  • GOULD, Stephen Jay. Jak neměřit člověka :pravda a předsudky v dějinách hodnocení lidské inteligence. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1998, 436 s. ISBN 80-7106-168-9. info
  • ŘÍČAN, Pavel. Úvod do psychometrie. Bratislava: Psychodiagnostické a didaktické testy, 1977, 191 s. info
  • ŘÍČAN, Pavel and Olga HAMPEJSOVÁ. Prolegomena k faktorové analýze. Vydání první. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1972, 134 stran. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
ústní zkouška
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1998, Spring 1999, Autumn 2001, Spring 2002, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017.
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