Psychological Assessment 2 - PSYC7002

 
Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Psychology
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.psy.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Pre: Restricted to programs 1400, 1406 and 8258
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


The psychometric foundations of psychological assessment. Classical and modern test theory. Item analysis and item response theory. Differential change measurement. Single case profile analysis, with applications to the WAIS-R and WISC-3. Applications of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis to test construction and evaluation. Clinical and statistical prediction. Decision theoretic approaches to testing and assessment. The use of intraclass correlations to evaluate the reliability of ratings and other assessment methods.