PSYM 750 - Testing, Equating, Scaling and Linking

3 hours.
3 Credits

Test equating methods are used with many standardized tests in education and psychology to ensure that scores from multiple test forms can be used interchangeably. This course provides an introduction to test equating. It provides a critical examination of the most frequently used equating methodologies. It also covers many of the practical issues involved. The special case of Kernel Equating will be a key component of the course. The course also covers test scaling, which is the process of developing score scales that are used when scores on standardized tests are reported and test linking, in which scores from two or more tests are related to one another.

Prerequisite(s) PSYM 540 and PSYM 570 or Department Permission
Offered (AS NEEDED)