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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS PSI 6150 ADVANCED APPLICATIONS IN SCALE DEVELOPMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

PSYCHOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DUYGU GÜNGÖR CULHA

Offered to

PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objective

In this course, the development of measurement instruments that measure psychological constructs will be introduced. The aim of the course is for students to gain the ability to develop a measurement tool with appropriate psychometric properties.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. To be able to define different measurement tools 2   2. To be able to define the steps of measurement tool development 3   3. To be able to plan a measurement tool development study 4   4. Organize the data for the measurement tool 5   5. Define norms 6   6. To be able to report the properties of the measurement tool

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction to the course and its requirements 2 Fundamentals of scale development 3 Designing scale items 4 Scoring rules 5 Sampling techniques 6 Designing the pilot study 7 Midterm Exam 8 Data collection techniques 9 Transfer of scale data to the package program 10 Examination of measurement equivalence 11 Examination of measurement equivalence 12 Sample Application 13 Application presentations 14 Review of the course

Recomended or Required Reading

Kline, T.J.B. (2005). Psychological testing: A practical approach to design and evaluation, Sage Publications, London. Erkuş, A., Sünbül, Ö., Ömür-Sünbül, S. Yormaz, S., Aşiret, S. ( 2017). Psikolojide ölçme ve ölçek geliştirme II, Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lesson Presentation Question and Answer Homework Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER) 3 FIN FINAL EXAM 4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-6: It will be evaluated by midterm exam, homework/presentation and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to 70% of the lectures is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

duygu.gungor@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday14:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 3 42 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56 Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6 Preparation for final exam 1 5 5 Preparation for quiz etc. 1 5 5 Preparing assignments 1 4 4 Final 1 1 1 Midterm 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 LO.1 5 5 5 LO.2 5 5 5 LO.3 5 5 5 LO.4 5 5 5 LO.5 5 5 5 LO.6 5 5 5