Instrument Design and Development

3 credits

Data collection instruments are commonly employed by educational and social science researchers to collect information about cognitive, affective, attitudinal and psychological constructs. This course explores principles and techniques applied to develop cognitive tests and survey instruments. Topics covered include: validity and reliability; construct definition and representation; item writing principles; bias, sensitivity, and accessibility; cross-cultural considerations; scaling methods; and techniques for examining item and scale properties. Upon completion of the course, participants will be positioned to develop cognitive test and survey instruments independently for their own research initiatives.