PSYC*3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Psychological Testing, Validity Scale, American Psychological Association
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Research assignment: due: november 26, 2015 20% of final grade. Paper copies will be submitted in class & and electronic copies turnitin. com (no email copies please). Instructions on how to submit through turnitin will be given. 1* is to gain experience analyzing psychological instruments. 2* to be able to examine psychological test information and write a coherent evaluation about the pros and cons of the instrument. 3* the objective is to critically analyze a psychological instrument. I would like for you and your group members to pick a current instrument (from the year 2000-2015) from one of 6 fields of psychological study. They are clinical psychology, school psychology, industrial organizational psychology, neuropsychology, forensic psychology, or sport psychology. The group must generate a 6-8 page report (typed double spaced not including the title page and references. The report should be an evaluation of the psychological instrument and should include an introduction, conclusion, and the following subsections: norms, validity, reliability, application.
