This is an introductory and intermediate class for the test theory which is one of the major area of psychometrics.
To master the basics of classical and modern test theory.
psychometrics, educational statistics, test theory, classical test theory, item response theory (IRT)
✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
The instructor will lecture the topics.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Introduction to the test theory | Introduction to psychometrics and test theory. |
Class 2 | Classical test theory: test reliability and test validity | Understanding the basic idea of classical test theory |
Class 3 | Item statistics and item evaluation | Understanding the concept of item statistics. |
Class 4 | Introduction to Item Response Theory (IRT) | Understanding the difference between classical models and IRT. |
Class 5 | Mathematical models of IRT | Understanding the mathematical models of IRT. |
Class 6 | Test response function, information function | Understanding what we can do when there is an item bank. |
Class 7 | Parameter estimation | Understanding the method of parameter estimation: ability and item parameters |
Class 8 | Review | Review of what we have learned. |
Handout can be downloaded from the location shown below.
http://www.ms.hum.titech.ac.jp/mayekawadocs/TESTT8.pdf
http://www.ms.hum.titech.ac.jp/mayekawadocs/irtlec10.pdf
http://www.ms.hum.titech.ac.jp/mayekawadocs/Rpackages/HTML_help/lazy.irt/index.html
attendance: 60%
exam: 40%
Experience of R language maybe helpful.