Test design techniques
Course: Psychology
Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology
Title
Test design techniques
Code
ДВС.3.15.03
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
8 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
PLO5. Choose and apply valid and reliable psychodiagnostic tools (tests, questionnaires, projective methods, etc.) of psychological
research and technologies of psychological assistance.
PLO16. To know, understand and adhere to the ethical principles of professional activity
a psychologist
Form of study
External form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
The student should know:
1. The history of the emergence and development of the main psychodiagnostic concepts in
Ukraine and abroad.
2. Leading stages of creation of psychodiagnostic techniques.
3. Basic psychometric characteristics of tests (validity, reliability, etc.), stages of construction,
adaptation of tests and standardization of tests.
The student should be able to:
1. To construct methods belonging to the three main psychodiagnostic approaches (objective,
subjective and projective).
2. Apply modern statistical methods for processing the results of psychodiagnostic studies.
3. Independently carry out standardization and adaptation of psychodiagnostic tests (including
projective methods and intelligence tests).
4. Outline the research plan aimed at checking the effectiveness of psychodiagnostic
techniques.
Course content
The purpose of the discipline - assimilation of knowledge regarding the development of
psychodiagnostic methods, which belong to objective, subjective and projective approaches;
study of the psychometric principles of test construction, following the statistical and
linguistic algorithm; creation of own psychodiagnostic methods that meet the requirements of
quality psychometric instruments.
The course is dedicated to understanding and mastering the basic principles and features of
test design. It reveals the main psychodiagnostic theories, principles and tools for the
development of methods. The discipline is aimed at forming the practical competencies of the
organization and conducting psychodiagnostic examination, with an emphasis on new trends
that have appeared at the current stage of the development of science. In the process of
learning, students have the opportunity to independently create their own psychodiagnostic
toolkit and outline a research plan aimed at checking the effectiveness of psychodiagnostic
techniques.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Verhaeghe, P. (2020). On being normal and other disorders: A manual for clinical psychodiagnostics. Routledge.
ISO 690
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars and practical classes, independent work.
Assessment methods and criteria
Assessment during the studying period: evaluation is carried out during the semester of all
types of work. Additions and active participation in lectures are evaluated; the completed
working project is presented at the seminar. The maximum number of points for work during
the semester is 60.
The final evaluation is conducted in the form of a test.
The maximum number of points that can be obtained by a student is 40 points on a 100-point
scale.
Form of conducting - written.
Conditions for admission to the test. A student is not allowed to take the exam if he / she
scored less than 36 points during the semester. He is admitted to the exam if he completes 50% of the
work provided for in the plan.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Oleksandr
Hennadiiovych
Vynohradov
Department of Social Psychology
Faculty of Psychology
Faculty of Psychology
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Department of Social Psychology
Faculty of Psychology