EDUR 8331
Applied Measurement

Course Index, Syllabus, and Calendar
Spring 2022

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

Announcements:  

April 13 - added Activity 1, Part 2, see below

Welcome to EDUR 8331!

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  February 21; 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  March 28; 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 May 2; 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, Part 1: Scale Development
   • Activity 1 Part 1: Description and Instructions
   • Activity 1 Part 1: Latent Variable Assignments and Sample Scales
   • Activity 1 Part 1: Getting Started - a brief example of how to do Activity 1 Part 1
   • Activity 1 Part 1 Due Dates:
     • Feb 14 - Post draft scale items to the Activity Part 1 dropbox in Folio.
     • Feb 28 - Post revised items in the Activity 1 Part 1 dropbox in Folio (identify the best four items and the summary, validity check item)
     • tbd Enter revised items into the electronic questionnaire; link will be provided in Folio
   Will be posted later this week - currently being revised.
5. Activity 1, Part 2: Scale Validation      
   • Activity 1 Part 2: Instructions
   • Activity 1 Part 2: Questionnaire Codebook
   • Activity 1 Part 2: Questionnaire Data SPSS File
   • Activity 1 Part 2: Questionnaire Data Excel File
6. Activity 2: Validity (non-graded)
   • Activity 2: Instructions
   • Activity 2: Answers
   • Activity 2: Supplemental Annotated Validity Study Example
7. Activity 3: Reliability and Item Analysis (non-graded)
   • Activity 3: Instructions and Answers
8. Activity 4. Composite Variables and Reverse Scoring (non-graded)
   • Activity 4: Instructions and Answers
9. Activity 5: Test Item Analysis (non-graded)
   • Supplemental: Brief Review Test Item Analysis
   • Activity 5 Instructions
   • Activity 5 Test Data
   • Activity 5 Excel Spreadsheet for Item analysis of the test data
   • Activity 5 Excel Spreadsheet Answers
10. Activity x. Rater Agreement Assessment (to be added, non-graded)
11. Activity x: Test Item Development (to be added, non-graded)

C. Course Calendar and Content

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

Week 1 (1/10)

• 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

Weeks 2 and 3 (1/17 to 1/24)

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

Weeks 4 to 6 (1/31 to 2/14)

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

Weeks 7 to 10 (2/21 to 3/21)

• 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)
• Data Entry (into a Spreadsheet) from a Printed Questionnaires/Scales (Videos for Data Entry)
• 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)

Weeks 11 to 15 (3/28 to 4/25)

• Classroom Test Development
  • Content Validity: Specifying Content (Readings for Content Validity)
  • Test Item Development (Readings for Test Item Development)
  • Test Item Analysis and Other Topics (Readings for Test Item Analysis)
• Item Response Theory and Rasch Models (may be added)