EDUR 8331
Applied Measurement

Course Index, Syllabus, and Calendar
Spring 2021

Instructor: Bryan W. Griffin
Personal web page: http://www.bwgriffin.com

Announcements:  

Updated April 11: Activity 5 Test Item Analysis is now ready

New April 9: Classroom Test Development - writing test items, see calendar below.

New April 7: Classroom Test Development material posted for weeks 11 through 15, see calendar below.

New March 8: Updated readings materials for weeks 7 through 10, see calendar below.

Feb 11: Updated reading material for weeks 7 through 10.

Feb 7: Revised due dates for Activity 2

Several additions (27 January 2021):

• Added Activities 1, 2 and 3.
• Test 1 is now posted in Folio.
• Expanded Calendar with additional topics.
• Newly added material highlighted in yellow.

Course Index

A. Course Administration

1. Syllabus 
2. Course Calendar and Reading Assignments (see below).
3. Creating PDFs Files (used for submission of tests and activities)

B. Graded Activities

1. Test 1: Posted in Folio two weeks before the due date of  2/28; topics include the following:
   • Introductory Review (Measurement, Variables and Scales of Measurement, Descriptive Statistics, Graphical Displays, Correlation, Two-group t-test)
   • Reliability and Validity
   • Questionnaire Selection
2. Test 2: Posted in Folio two weeks before the due date of  3/29 4/5; topics include the following:.
   • Material covered on Test 1
   • Reading Factor Analysis Results
   • Composite Scores and Reverse Scoring
   • Questionnaire Development
   • Coding Textual Data and Assessing Rater Agreement
   • Electronic Questionnaires
3. Test 3: Posted in Folio two weeks before the due date of 5/1; topics include all content covered in the course.
   • Material covered on Tests 1 and 2
   • Classroom Test Construction (Test and Standardized Scores, Developing Objectives, Content Validity, Item Development, Item and Test Analysis)
   • Item Response Theory and Rasch Models
4. Activity 1: Content Validity
   • Activity 1 Description and Instructions
   • Activity 1 due 2/20
5. Activity 2: Scale Development
   • Activity 2 Description and Instructions
   • Activity 2 Latent Variable Assignments and Sample Scales
   • Activity 2 Due Dates
     • 3/5 Post draft of scale items to your group's Activity 2 discussion board, also include item Likert scales, item justification, relationship predictions, and references.
     • 3/12 Provide constructive and critical feedback to your group's items
     • 3/21 Send revised items to instructor and mark the recommended best four items and the summary item.
     • TBD Enter revised items into electronic questionnaire; link will be provided after 3/21.
6. Activity 3: Scale Validation   
   • Activity 3 Description and Instructions
   • Activity 3 Due Dates
     • to be added
7. Activity 4: Test Item Development
   • Instructions to be added
8. Activity 5: Test Item Analysis
   • Add item analysis review - see word doc
   • Instructions (updated April 11)
   • Test Data 
   • Item Analysis Excel Spreadsheet (let me know if you need a spreadsheet other than Excel)
   • Due April 30

C. Course Calendar and Content

Note: Calendar topics may be altered or relocated to reflect realized course pace during semester. 

Week 1 (1/11)

Topics:

• Syllabus and Course Content (review during optional live chat - to be recorded)
• General Introduction via optional live chat, with recording in Folio if you cannot attend the optional chat
• Get to know Folio and the course

Week 2 (1/18) and
Week 3 (1/25)

Topics:

• Introduction to Measurement
• Statistics Refresher:
  • Descriptive Statistics
  • Graphical and Tabular Displays
  • Pearson Correlation
  • Two-group t-test
• Readings for the above material

Week 4 (2/1),
Week 5 (2/8), and
Week 6 (2/15)

Topics:

• Reliability (Readings for Reliability)
• Validity (Readings for Validity)
• Questionnaire/Scale Selection (Readings for Questionnaire Selection)

Week 7 (2/22)
Week 8 (3/1)
Week 9 (3/8)
Spring Break 3/15 to 3/19
Week 10 (3/22) 

Topics:

• Reading Factor Scores (Readings for Factor Scores)
• Questionnaire/Scale Development (Readings for Questionnaire Development)
• Electronic Questionnaire with Google Docs (and Qualtrics) (Readings for Electronic Questionnaire)
• Composite Scores and Reverse Scoring (Readings for Composite and Reverse Scoring) (note: move to immediately after reliability)
• Qualitative Data Analysis of Open-ended Items (Readings for Qualitative Data Analysis)
• Assessing Coder/Rater Agreement (nominal and ordinal/interval/ratio) (Readings for Assessing Coder Agreement)

Week 11 (3/29)
Week 12 (4/5)
Week 13 (4/12)
Week 14 (4/19)
Week 15 (4/26)

Topics:

• Classroom Test Development
  • Content Validity: Specifying Content (Readings for Content Validity) (New April 7)
  • Test Item Development (Readings for Test Item Development) (New April 9)
  • Test Item Analysis and Other Topics (Readings for Test Item Analysis) (New April 9)
• Item Response Theory and Rasch Models (to be added)