EDUR 8331
Applied Measurement

Course Index, Syllabus, and Calendar
Spring 2024

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

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Welcome to EDUR 8331!

New Activity 1 Scale Development - instructions and latent variables assignments added

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 a few weeks before the due date of Feb 25; 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
   • Questionnaire Development
2. Test 2: Posted in Folio a few weeks before the due date of  March 23; topics include the following:.
   • Material covered on Test 1
   • Reading Factor Analysis Results
   • Composite Scores and Reverse Scoring
   • Coding Textual Data and Assessing Rater Agreement
   • Electronic Questionnaires
3. Test 3: Posted in Folio a few weeks before the due date of April 29; 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)
4. Activity 1: Scale Development (Graded)
   • Activity 1: Description and Instructions
   • Activity 1: Latent Variable Assignments and Sample Scales
   • Activity 1: Getting Started - a brief example of how to do Activity 1 Part 1
   • Activity 1 Due Dates:
     • Due (Feb 5) - Draft 1 of items; see Descriptions and Instructions above.
     • Due (tbd) - Revised items and relationship predictions for Activity 1 due. Use the same submission instructions as with Draft 1.
   • Activity 1: Adding Items to the Electronic Questionnaire (Due (tbd))
5. Activity 2: Scale Validation (Graded)      
   • Activity 2: Instructions (to be added)
   • Activity 2: Questionnaire Codebook (to be added)
   • Activity 2: Questionnaire Data SPSS File (to be added)
   • Activity 2: Questionnaire Data Excel File (to be added)
6. Activity 3: Scale Review (Graded)
   • Activity 3: Instructions (to be added)
7. Activity 4: Validity Assessment (non-graded)
   • Activity 4: Instructions
   • Activity 4: Answers
   • Activity 4: Supplemental Annotated Validity Study Example
8. Activity 5: Assessing Internal Consistency (non-graded)
   • Activity 5: Instructions and Answers
9. Activity 6. Reverse Scoring and Composite Variables (non-graded)
   • Activity 6: Instructions and Answers
10. Activity 7: Test Item Analysis (non-graded)
    • Supplemental: Brief Review Test Item Analysis
    • Activity 7: Instructions
    • Activity 7 Test Data
    • Activity 7: Excel Spreadsheet for Item analysis of the test data
    • Activity 7: Excel Spreadsheet Answers

C. Course Calendar and Content

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

Week 1 and 2 (1/8 to 1/15)

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

Weeks 3 to 7 (1/22 to 2/19)

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

Weeks 8 to 10 (2/26 to 3/18)

Spring Break March 11-16

• Reading Factor Scores (Readings for Factor Scores)
• 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 (3/25 to 4/22)

• 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)