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Swedish title	Introduktion till modern test-teori och analys av kliniska test och enkäter
English title	Introduction to modern test theory and test/survey methodology
Course number	2664
Credits	4.0
Responsible KI department	Institutionen för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle
Specific entry requirements
Grading	Passed /Not passed
Established by	The Board of Doctoral Education
Established	2012-09-11
Purpose of the course
Intended learning outcomes	The aim of the course is to provide the course participants with a deeper understanding in concepts and principles to guide the choice of quantitative data gathering and analytic procedures within health care sciences. The student should after finalizing the course be able to: - Analyze, judge, and choose appropriate methods for quantitative data gathering procedures - Analyze, judge, and choose appropriate methods for analyzing and interpreting quantitative data - Analyze and discuss quality criteria for quantitative research in health care sciences
Contents of the course	The content of the course is primarily based on aspects related to systematic quantitative data gathering processes. The course introduces: - The measurement process and the different aspects included in this process - Modern test theory and current definitions of concepts - Different quantitative data gathering methods - Approaches for construction, application, analysis, and evaluation of clinical tests/questionnaires The course content is individually adjusted for examining a specific aspect of data gathering processes (a clinical test/questionnaire/survey) that is chosen by the student and related to his/her own research project. This aspect is presented by the student during the first day of the course and will guide the individual learning processes.
Teaching and learning activities	The pedagogic framing of the course is centred around the student's own research project. The contents of the course are introduced in lectures and clinical applications. The students are then applying the processes/methods learned in workshops and group work with supervision. The outcomes are then presented and discussed in seminar forms. The student is finally applying the course content on an individually chosen aspect of quantitative data gathering processes in his/her own research project.
Compulsory elements	Seminars are mandatory. A student will be able to compensate absence with written assignments.
Examination	The examination consist of a written paper based on the individually chosen aspect of quantitative data gathering processes in the student's own research project. The quality of the paper is judged according to the leaning outcomes in relation to specific given criteria in the course. The paper is also presented in a seminar.
Literature and other teaching material	Joint Committe on Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing of the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association and the National Council on Measurement in Education (1999). Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing. Washington DC: American Educational Research Association. Wilson, M. (2005). Constructing measures: an Item Response Modeling Approach. NJ: Mahwah. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Publishers. StatSoft, Inc. (2002). Electronic Statistics Textbook. Tulsa, OK: StatSoft. Webbadress: http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html Trochim, W. M. K (2002) The Research Methods Knowledge Base: Measurement. Webbadress: http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/measure.htm Spector, P. E. (1992). Summated Rating Scale Construction: An introduction. Beverly Hills and London, Sage Publications, Inc.
Course responsible	Anders Kottorp Institutionen för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle 0703656701 Anders.Kottorp@ki.se
Contact person	Hien Ekeroth Institutionen för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle hien.ekeroth@ki.se

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