Valgfag psykometri

Dear Participants

Welcome to the course in psychometrics.

Below you will find course plan, teaching notes, exercises and other relevant material for both days. Please be aware that several of the documents may not be ready for download yet and will be provided when ready.

Please bring a computer and pen/paper for the group work exercises. Answers to exercises will either be discussed during class or made available after the course on this webpage. Access to the webpage is only open for 2 weeks after the course.

Good luck with the course.

Regards.

Henrik H. Lauridsen

TEACHING MATERIAL

Course plan for the 2 days: Click here

Validitet og responsivitet

Overview of COSMIN definitions →

(1) Validity – concepts and methods →

(1.1) Exercise: Validity →

(1.2) Answers: Validity (activated after the course) →,

(2) Responsiveness and interpretability – concepts and methods →

(2.1) Exercise: Responsiveness & interpret. →

(2.2) Answers: Responsiveness & interpret. (activated after the course) →,

Preparation

See the course plan for information on what to read in ‘Measurement in Medicine’

For the responsiveness and interpretation exercise, please read the article by van der Windt et al. →

En introduktion til moderne testteori – metoder, modeller og paradigmer

(1) Introduction to IRT and Rasch models →

(1.1) Exercise: Rasch analysis →

(1.2) Answers: Rasch analysis →,

Preparation

Furr RM, Bacharach VR. Psychometrics. An introduction. 2nd. edition ed. Los Angeles: Sage; 2014 (chapter 14) →
(This chapter is for your own use only. It is not allowed to distribute it to others)

Pallant JF, Tennant A. An introduction to the Rasch measurement model: an example using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Br J Clin Psychol. 2007;46(Pt 1):1-18. →

Tennant A, Conaghan PG. The Rasch measurement model in rheumatology: What is it and why use it? When should it be applied, and what should one look for in a Rasch paper? Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2007;57(8):1358-62. →