Assignment 1 PYC4807
Psychological Assessment: Test Development and Test Adaption in Psychometrics.
Index
Developing a Psychological Assessment Measure Phases and steps
Planning
Item writing
Assembling and pre-testing the experimental version of the measure
Item analysis phase
Revising and standardizing the final version of the measure
Technical evaluation and norm establishing
Publishing and ongoing refinement
Steps in Adapting Measures for Cross-cultural Application Equivalence in cross-cultural comparison Judgemental designs for adapting measures Statistical designs for assessing equivalence
Psychological assessment provides information to guide individuals, groups, and organisation to understand and make informed and appropriate decisions. Assessment can further serve many purposes other than previously stated. The South African society is multicultural and multilingual, therefore we also need to be aware of the impact culture and language has on assessment and we need to look for ways of addressing them. Psychometrics refers to the systematic and scientific ways in which psychological measures are developed, as well as the technical measurement standards (validity and reliability) required for measures. Psychological assessment is a proses-orientated activity aimed at gathering a wide array of information by using psychological assessment measures.
Developing a Psychological Assessment Measure
Developing a Psychological measure, consists of a few phases and steps that needs to be followed. It needs to be planned carefully, items needs to be written down, and the initial version of the measure needs to be administered so that the effectiveness of the items can be determined. The final items are chosen and the measure is then sdminidtrated to a certain group of representatives. This enables the validity, reliability and norms of the measure can be established. After the above, the test manual is compiled Phases and
Index
Developing a Psychological Assessment Measure Phases and steps
Planning
Item writing
Assembling and pre-testing the experimental version of the measure
Item analysis phase
Revising and standardizing the final version of the measure
Technical evaluation and norm establishing
Publishing and ongoing refinement
Steps in Adapting Measures for Cross-cultural Application Equivalence in cross-cultural comparison Judgemental designs for adapting measures Statistical designs for assessing equivalence
Psychological assessment provides information to guide individuals, groups, and organisation to understand and make informed and appropriate decisions. Assessment can further serve many purposes other than previously stated. The South African society is multicultural and multilingual, therefore we also need to be aware of the impact culture and language has on assessment and we need to look for ways of addressing them. Psychometrics refers to the systematic and scientific ways in which psychological measures are developed, as well as the technical measurement standards (validity and reliability) required for measures. Psychological assessment is a proses-orientated activity aimed at gathering a wide array of information by using psychological assessment measures.
Developing a Psychological Assessment Measure
Developing a Psychological measure, consists of a few phases and steps that needs to be followed. It needs to be planned carefully, items needs to be written down, and the initial version of the measure needs to be administered so that the effectiveness of the items can be determined. The final items are chosen and the measure is then sdminidtrated to a certain group of representatives. This enables the validity, reliability and norms of the measure can be established. After the above, the test manual is compiled Phases and
References: Foxcroft, C., & Roodt, G. (2013). Introduction to psychological assessment (4th ed.). Cape Town. Oxford University press.