Research III: Research Designs and Measurement for Scientific Inquiry: Psychometrics

3 units

This course offers information on psychometric theories. The application of these theories in constructing and evaluating measurements in nursing research is presented. Relevant course content includes statistical techniques to evaluate measurements, such as reliability and validity tests. This course also provides an introduction to the issues that arise when writing/selecting questions for the psychosocial instruments. The focus is on examining the logic of measurement in standardized survey administration and selected techniques for testing scale items.