Psychometrics

Course Code: 
PSYC2007

This course introduces the concepts underlying psychological measurement.  This is primarily done by an in depth examination of the topic of intelligence.  What is intelligence, how has it been measured and how much is it influenced by environmental factors?  In addition, students will develop their own measures personality and ability in tutorials, and examine some of the classics tests in these areas.  At the end of the course students should understand the concepts of reliability and validity, item difficulty, discriminability and factor analysis.

Semester: 
Semester 2
Pre-Requisites: 
PSYC1000 & PSYC1001, PSYC1005 & PSYC1006, co- or pre-requisite SOCI2008 (Psychology Majors only)
Department: 
Sociology, Psychology and Social Work