PSYC 845 Measurement & Testing in I/O Psychology

In this course, students will review and apply methodologies to assess the measurement qualities of tests pertinent to organizations. Specifically, students will demonstrate their ability to critique and improve existing measures using data with the goal of bolstering the validity arguments of the test scores. Students will learn to make data-driven decisions from classical and advanced measurement techniques that are readily used by the I/O psychologists of today.

The purpose of this course is to further develop the student’s working knowledge of various issues and techniques in measurement. Research is the soul of science and its language is data. The appropriate analysis of data, its limitations, and the evidence for or against theory are further discussed in this course.

Readings and lecture presentations/notes

(CLOs A-F)

Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Discussion Assignments (7)

Discussion assignments are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student is required to provide a thread in response to the provided prompt for each discussion. Each thread must be at least 350 words and demonstrate course-related knowledge. In addition to the thread, the student is required to reply to one other classmate’s thread. The reply must be 200 words. (CLOs A and F)

Article Critique Assignment

The student will write a 5-10 page paper in current APA format including title page and references. The student will critique the psychometric properties and validity evidence supporting claims about test scores found in the article assigned as reading for this module. The number of references is expected to be appropriate to cover all areas where the original authors could improve. (CLOs B, C, and D)

SPSS or R Assignments (5)

In these assignments, the student will learn how to analyze raw test data and/or results to examine the quality of the items or test as a whole. The student will be expected to follow all steps to obtain accurate results, interpret those results, and suggests areas of further data collection and study. (CLOs A-E)