1. EPSY 625 REVIEW SPRING 2005

2. TOPIC AREAS LEC1-TEST THEORY AND PSYCHOLOGY LEC2-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALING LEC3-COGNITIVE ITEM WRITING LEC4-AFFECTIVE ITEM WRITING LEC5-TRUE SCORE THEORY LEC6-RELIABILITY LEC7-GENERALIZABILITY LEC8- CRT RELIABILITY LEC9- VALIDITY INTRO LEC10- PREDICTION AND CLASSIFICATION;DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS LEC11-FACTOR ANALYSIS LEC12- STRONG TRUE SCORE THEORY LEC13- BIAS LEC14- TEST SCORES

3. LEC1-TEST THEORY AND PSYCHOLOGY HISTORY DEFINITIONS AND ISSUES

4. LEC2-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALING TYPES- PERSON, RESPONSE,STIMULUS LEVELS OF MEASUREMENT

5. LEC3-COGNITIVE ITEM WRITING THEORY ITEM-CONSTRUCTION GUIDELINES

6. LEC4-AFFECTIVE ITEM WRITING THURSTONE PROCEDURE LIKERT MODIFICATION SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL

7. LEC5-TRUE SCORE THEORY MODEL ASSUMPTIONS FACTOR REPRESENTATION RELIABILITY SPEARMAN-BROWN FLOW CHART

8. LEC6-RELIABILITY RELIABILITY DEFINITION SEM PERSPECTIVE STANDARD ERROR OF MEASUREMENT CONFIDENCE INTERVAL DIFFERENCE SCORES

9. LEC7-GENERALIZABILITY ADDITIONAL SOURCES RANDOM VS. FIXED VARIANCE COMPONENTS D-STUDY

10. LEC8- CRT RELIABILITY CUT/PASSING SCORES

11. LEC9- VALIDITY INTRO MESSICK’S TABLE TYPES- CONSTRUCT/EVIDENCE –CONTENT, CONCURRENT, PREDICTIVE

12. LEC10- PREDICTION AND CLASSIFICATION;DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS REGRESSION

13. LEC11-FACTOR ANALYSIS EXPLORE CONFIRM

14. LEC12- STRONG TRUE SCORE THEORY IRT ADDED ITEM DIFFICULTY AND DISCRIMINATION AS PART OF MODEL LOGISTIC REGRESSION SCALING ADVANTAGE

15. LEC13- BIAS TEST BIAS- LEGAL ISSUES ITEM BIAS: IRT VS. CHI-SQUARE METHODS

16. LEC14- TEST SCORES NORMS TRANSFORMATIONS EQUATING: HOR. AND VERT.