Objectives:

Through this course students will:

• Learn fundamental assessment skills in administration, scoring, and interpretation of tests, report writing and recommendations.
• Have an overview of intelligence, personality, achievement and vocational tests.
• Acquire knowledge of basic concepts of psychological assessment; standardization, reliability and validity.

1.        Introduction   

(i)           Historical Perspective of Psychological Measurement

(ii)         Nature of Psychological tests and their application in different areas, common rationale of test administration

2.        Test Construction and Standardization

                                (i)           Steps in Test Construction, Test Standardization

                                (ii)         Norms & Interpretation of Test Scores

3.        Test Reliability

(i)           Nature and Types of Test Reliability

                                (ii)         Methods of Reliability estimation

                                (iii)        Factors influencing Reliability

                                (iv)        Standard Error of Measurement

4.        Test Validity

                (i)   Nature and Types of Test Validity  (ii) Methods of Validity Estimation

                (iii) Magnitude of Validity Co-efficient (iv) Factors influencing Validity Estimation

5.        Item Analysis

                                (i)           Nature of Item Analysis                               (ii)         Cross Validation

(iii)        Item Analysis of Speed Test                       (iv)        Assessment of Item Bias

                                (v)         Measurement of Item Difficulty & Item Discrimination

(vi)        Item Response Theory and its Applications

BOOKS RECOMMENDED:

Anastasi, A. (1990). Psychological testing.  New York: Prentice Hall Inc.

Freeman, F. S. (1998). Theory and practice of psychological testing. New York: Halt.

Goldstein, G. (1990). Handbook of psychological assessment. New York: Pergman

Haq, A. (1997). Psychology in Pakistan: Encyclopedia of Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press.

Nunnally, J. E. (2000). Introduction to psychological measurement. New York: McGraw

Singh, A. K. (1986). Measurement and research methods in behavioral sciences. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill Company.

Assesssment Criteria:

Sessional: 20 (Students are supposed to give presentation and surprise quiz or viva voce exam for specific topics).

Midterm: 30

Final exam:50