This course concerns principles of creating, evaluating and validating instruments and scales for the quantification of human responses and clinical events and the influence and interaction of physiological and behavioral factors. The intent is to have everyone in the class develop a measure suitable to their field of expertise. Students will engage in some data analysis so that they can better interact with psychometric specialists. They should come to the first class with at least some idea of a measure they would like to construct. Much of this course necessarily deals with statistics, but the stress is on constructing measures.
Prerequisites: None.
Credit: 2 credit hours, elective
Grading Criteria: Pass/Fail, a minimum final exam grade of 70 and attendance at 75% of course sessions is required.
Semester Offered: Fall
Course Director: Ira Bernstein, PhD. Professor, Dept. of Clinical Sciences, E5.506
phone: 214 648-9543, fax: 214 648-3934
Course Administrator: Mack Dressler, Asst. Administrator for Education & Degree Programs, Dept. of Clinical Sciences E5.506, phone: 214 648-2558, fax: 214 648-3494
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