Psychological Measurement Project
PSS350
Overview
Level of study: What does Undergraduate Level 3 mean?
Undergraduate Level 3
EFTSL: What does EFTSL mean?
0.125
Delivery Method: What does delivery method mean?
Fully Online
Prerequisites: What are the prerequisites?
Duration:
13 weeks
Description
The aim of this unit is to give students mastery of fundamental theoretical and practical skills in the selection, design, administration and interpretation of psychological measures through project work. The project is designed to engage students in authentic professional activities, and provide opportunities to develop skills such as project management, teamwork, communication skills, and reflective thinking, which are highly valued by employers.
Please note: Assessment values are indicative only; details will be advised at the start of the unit.
Prerequisites
Mandatory prerequisites
You must have successfully completed the following unit(s) before starting this unit:
- PSS110 — Introduction to Psychology 1
- PSS120 — Introduction to Psychology 2
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One of the following two units:
- PSS240 — Cognition and Human Performance
- PSS250 — Developmental Psychology
- STA102 — Foundations of Statistics (Previously STA15)
- STA210 — Analysis of Variance
- STA310 — Multivariate Statistics
If you have completed equivalent study at another university, please contact a Student Advisor for advice.
Assessment
- Assessment — Workbook/online tasks 10-20%
- Assignment — Writen reports 30-40%
- Presentation — 5-10%
- Project — Group project 40-50%
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this unit students will be able to:
- develop and carry out a project brief in collaboration with stakeholders and/or peers
- apply psychometric tests to real-life problems
- draw on interdisciplinary knowledge in problem-solving
- follow project management processes
- evaluate the effectiveness of the project process through reflective reporting and peer review.
Topics
This unit addresses the following topics.
| Number | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Theories and methods for psychological measurement |
| 2 | Fundamentals of test construction |
| 3 | Methods for evaluating the properties and quality of tests |
| 4 | Administration and scoring of tests |
| 5 | Cultural appropriateness and sensitivity |
| 6 | Professional and ethical issues in psychological measurement and research |
Study Resources
This unit is delivered using the following methods and materials:
Instructional Methods
- Chat rooms
- Discussion Forum/Discussion Board
- Embedded Multimedia
- Online Quizzes/Tests
- Online assignment submission
- Podcasting/Lecture capture
- Standard Media
- Web links
Print based materials
- Welcome Letter
Online materials
- Printable format materials
Textbooks are subject to change within the academic year. Students are advised to purchase their books no earlier than one to two months before the start of a unit.
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Required textbooks
Recommended textbooks
Relevant Courses
This unit is a core requirement in the following courses:
This unit may be eligible for credit towards other courses:
- Many undergraduate courses on offer through OUA include 'open elective' where any OUA unit can be credited to the course. You need to check the Award Requirements on the course page for the number of allowed open electives and any level limitations.
- In other cases, the content of this unit might be relevant to a course on offer through OUA or elsewhere. In order to receive credit for this unit in the course you will need to supply the provider institution with a copy of the Unit Profile in the approved format, which you can download here. Note that the Unit Profile is set at the start of the year, and if textbooks change this may not match the Unibooks textbook list.
