Assignment Task
1. Conception and development of your test
• You are to design a brand new test that measures “something” – any psychological construct of your choice. Your test will include ten questions to measure that “something”. You are to write these questions yourself. You can be inspired by existing measures, citing them appropriately, but you cannot copy 10 questions straight from an existing measure.
• In the report, you will briefly explain the rationale for your 10 questions (as well as the rationale for your test – see Section 6 below). It would probably not be a good idea to individually justify each question, because then you would run out of words to explain other aspects you need to cover in your Introduction, such as introducing the topic and defining the construct, and why it is important/useful to measure what it is you’ve chosen to measure (e.g., this is an important and useful thing to measure because of X (brief lit review will help your rationale) AND there is no existing measure / no existing measure designed for use in a specific cohort / your test is an improvement on or addresses limitations in existing measures / other reason).
• In Tutorial 5 we will look at the process behind conceptualising and developing a test, including how to write different types of test items.
2. Construct your test (in time to bring it to class in Week 6)
• Choose the construct your test will measure and search the literature on this topic to determine the content for your test items (e.g., if your test is measuring a specific phobia, what sorts of behaviours and/or thoughts are usually exhibited by affected individuals?). You can choose a construct which currently has no tests that measure it (i.e., use your imagination) or develop a new version of a test (e.g., a new test of anxiety for a specific population). There needs to be a reason for developing your new test. In your report, you will need to describe the need and use of the test. Who will use the test? Who will be tested? Will it be used for research or applied work or both?
• Determine the most appropriate format for your test items and response options (e.g., Rating scale, Likert scale, Guttman scale, forced choice, short answer).
• Decide how the test will be scored (generally either a cumulative or category scoring system) and what these scores will actually mean (i.e., guidelines on how to interpret scores).
• Write a 10-item test and a scoring sheet with brief notes guiding the interpretation of the scores.
• Use the information gathered in this process (and your thoughts along the way) to start writing your test development report (see below for details).
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