3rd batch Applied Psychometrics

About RPRIT

Rabindrik Psychotherapy Research Institute Trust (RPRIT) is non-profit oriented registered Academic trust  by a group of academicians and  Practitioners, dedicated to develop an efficient faculty group for research design, teaching and application in Principles of Applied Psychometrics, with ‘Rabindrik Psychotherapy’ as its core value. RPRIT was established on 1st July, 2018, to promote ‘Rabindrik Psychotherapy’ for the welfare of the community at large. 

About The Course: 

Applied Psychometrics is the study and ability to solve problems within human behavior such as health issues, workplace issues, or education, counseling services, medicinal psychology and Forensic Psychology through scale or test construction, testing reliability and validity of the Psychological Instruments.

Aim of this course is to disseminate knowledge about both general Psychometric principles and its applications in several theory development of Psychology and of Applied Psychology. After the course, trainees will be able to apply techniques in Psychological test construction, construct effective items of measurement and develop appropriate norms.

Scope: This two-month online course offers comprehensive knowledge about Psychometric theories and applications at the basic level. It includes practicum of different disciplines of Psychology that helps in understanding both theory and applications. After completion of the course, students will understand advanced psychometric methods and gain expertise in item construction. 

Syllabus: 

*understanding the concept of Rabindrik Psychotherapy and how this benefits society at large.

Papers

Paper 1: Introduction to Applied Psychometrics. 

Introduction, Scope, relation with other disciplines, Psychometrics for Psychiatry, Forensic, health behavior, organizational behavior and Academic achievement. 

Practicum 1: Clinical Psychometry

Describing item characteristics of one clinical Psychological test, uses and case interpretation.

Paper 2: Characteristics of Good Psychological test

Scales of Measurement, Characteristics of Good Psychological test, Construct, concept, theory and Items - Direct and Indirect observation. Item difficulty, item discrimination, item validity, item characteristics curve.  

Practicum2: Item Analysis

Item statistics of environmental attitude questionnaire.

Paper 3: Reliability testing

Reliability techniques and assessment - Theories, Test-retest, Alternative, Internal consistency, factors affecting reliability.

Practicum3: Test-retest reliability

Assessing test-retest reliability of Rabindrik value questionnaire.

Paper 4: Validity

Validity techniques and assessment :Content, Predictive, Construct and Differential validity. 

Practicum 4: Differential validity 

Assessing differential validity of Psychological test.

Paper 5: Norm estimation

Test standardization - Subjectivity-Objectivity, Norm. 

Practicum5: Case classification

Class hours: Each online class will be one hour - Monday and Friday from 8 to 9 PM. Online classes will be held in zoom or Google meet. Google classroom will be used for note sharing and evaluation. In addition to this, there will be webinars on Sundays to keep students updated with recent developments in the field. 

*Each paper carries 16 marks. Total marks is (5 papers X  16 marks )=80.  First month will be theory and next month will be practicum. 

Practicum includes assignment and viva-voce.  It carries 20 marks. Assignments are case analysis with given questionnaire on five topics in education, organizational behavior, health, forensic and environmental issues. So total marks will be 100.

Eligibility: Pursuing or Completed UG/PG in Social Sciences and Health Sciences

No. of Seats: 20 (selection is based on written test/interview)

Course Fee: Rs.3900 before 10th May, 2022 (early bird), after 10th May- Rs.4000. Payment is Non-refundable. Amount will be used for infrastructure development of the trust.

A/C NAME  : RPRIT 

A/C NO : 50200066066029

IFSC CODE : HDFC0001130

BRANCH : HDFC DUNLOP

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Mode of Conduction: Zoom and Google classroom

*Registration link:* https://forms.gle/Uo27AyzyAP2hjCbeA

Certificate: Course completion certificate will be given with mark sheet by the Rabindrik Psychotherapy Research Institute trust.

Resource persons: Internal and external faculties of the Institute.

Contact Academic assistants: 

Ms. R. Aninditha, 8939112097

Ms. Ishani Chakraborty, 9836636678