PSİ326

School of Humanities \ Psychology

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PSİ 103

Psychology Bachelor's Degree Program

This course includes the examination of scale development processes necessary for psychologists. During the course, the rules and steps to be followed in the scale development process will be explained.

DeVellis, R. F. (2016). Scale development: Theory and applications (26th ed. ). Sage publications.
Reynolds, C. R. , & Livingston, R. B. (2012). Mastering modern psychological testing: Theory and methods. Pearson Education.
Şeker, H. , & Gençdoğan, B. (2006). Psikolojide ve eğitimde ölçme aracı geliştirme. Nobel.
Thorndike, R. M. , & Thorndike-Christ, T. M. (2010). Measurement and evaluation in psychology and education. Pearson.

This course aims to teach the differences between assessment and evaluation and the scale development and application processes.

1. In this course, psychology students gain the competence in scale development required by the profession before they start working in the field.

Week 1: Introduction & Syllabus
Week 2: Testing and assessment
Week 3: Scale development
Week 4: Factor Analyses & Reliability & Validity
Week 5: Reliability & Validity Reporting, Decide your topic – group thinking
Week 6: How can we find a scale? Literature review about your topic
Week 7: Literature review about your topic, Preparation of questions for interview
Week 8: Interview
Week 9: Group presentations
Week 10: Gathering interview responses and item development, Giving feedback to other groups
Week 11: Final version of questionnaire package, Data collection / Analyses and reporting
Week 12: Presentation of findings

• Application 34 %
• Homework 10 %
• Presentations 10 %
• Presentation of the findings 10 %
• Projects 20 %
• Quiz 16 %