PSY 3307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Summative Assessment, Aspirin, Smallpox

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3307
• Professor: Elizabeth Kristjansson

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Consider objectives, time and resources available for administration and interpretation, and instrument framework. For making diagnosis, may need tests in combination with other information. Checklists simple, but can"t measure fine distinctions. Knowing who your respondents will be will guide you in writing questions and scaling responses: have to make questions and responses appropriate for the people who are responding. Number of sub-components and amount of detail needed. Can be used for two steps in item development. Test framework built from theory and empirical evidence. Reviewing theories and empirical evidence can also give ideas about items. Better: ask specific questions about each aspect of the hotel stay. Certain questions need to refer to the day, or the past week. Should a summative evaluation of head start be commissioned by the u. s. Do you think that we should continue to use tax money to support arts programs. Poor: lack of immunization of the population for small pox is not a problem in.