TRAINING ON
FOUNDATION OF APPLIED PSYCHOMETRICS
Background: Rabindrik Psychotherapy Research Institute Trust ( RPRIT), registered academic trust for higher learning under Indian Trust Act,1882, has completed 4 term applied psychometrics course recently.
Applied Psychometrics is the branch of Psychometrics that deals with the design, development, testing, and maintenance of psychological tests and applications for action research. Applied Psychometricians apply Psychometric principles and knowledge to solve everyday problems like personnel selection, training, counseling, guidance and psycho educational support. Applied Psychometrics is problem oriented and solution focused in our regular life. When Psychometrics deals with theory development by item analysis. Applied Psychometricians are applying Psychometric findings for understanding and solving the grassroot problems. Now- a -days there is high job demand on Applied Psychometricians as they can construct psychological tests and questionnaire. They can select which test is good for psychological testing. They know how to design customised scores. Therefore, RPRIT has created few resource persons who are now teaching in different colleges and universities.
Learning objectives:
This foundation course provides conceptual clarity about different principles,tools and techniques of Applied Psychometrics and equip students in Psychometric data analysis.
Registration form: form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1C2tX7MAJBr-l5l61IHs4wgy39Qg_uuCG7rF4fTpOReQ/edit?ts=63463fa1.
Registration:
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Before 22nd December, Rs. 12000 ( 6 months X Rs. 2000)
After 22nd December Rs.15000 ( 6 months X Rs. 2500)
Payment to:Payment in favor of Rabindrik Psychotherapy Research Institute Trust. Account number: 920020072908427, IFSC Code:- UTIB0000236 , AXIS BANK, DUNLOP (KOLKATA).
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Course name: Foundation course on Applied Psychometrics.
Course code: AP0
Organized by: Rabindrik Psychotherapy Research Institute Trust (RPRIT), Registered under Indian Trust Act 1882.
Website: rprit.org.in.
Certificate: E-certificate will be provided by Rabindrik Psychotherapy Research Institute Trust.
Duration: One month per paper.
Total marks: 500 (Per paper x 100)
Marks allocation:
Theory: 25
Assignment: 50
Attendance: 25
Class hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday in each week at 8pm.
Course hours: 72 hours.
Qualification: Graduation complete in Psychology and allied sciences.
Important dates:
Early Registration starts: 4.12.22
Early Registration closes: 22.12.22
Late Registration starts: 23.12.22
Late Registration closes: 28.12.22
Class starts: 2.1.23
E-certificate: First week of July , 2023
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Syllabus
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AP01: Introduction to Applied Psychometrics
AP01.1: Difference between Psychometrics and Applied Psychometrics, Scope, Application in Industry (competency mapping), Health (WHOQOL), School (School attitude), Forensic (Criminal profile analysis), Environment ( Climate change), Clinical setting (BDI).
AP01.2 : Mental testing: WAIS-4, NEO FFI, Attitude to School infrastructure, Safe school perception, Reading and Writing motivation,Verbal reasoning, Achivement motivation, Organizational Health Questionnaire.
AP01.3 : Characteristics of Good psychological test - Item characteristics, Reliability, Validity,
AP01.4: Questionnaire types and Construction. Norm and Norm estimation.
AP01.5 : Measurement Scales and Psychological tests - Nominal (Socio-economic survey), Ordinal ( Rabindrik value preference survey). Interval (Achievement scale), Ratio (Osgood semantic differential scale).
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AP02 Research methods in Psychology
AP02.1 Experimental method- True experiment (One way randomized design, Randomized
Block design, Factorial design). Quasi experimental method (Pre-post research design, Post-facto research design, Case control study).
Video lectures
https://www.youtube.com/live/0wP4UMc9V2c?feature=share
https://www.youtube.com/live/sC7rMH4kp8g?feature=share
AP02.2 Observation- Controlled and Naturalistic observation. Cross-sectional and longitudinal research design.
Video lectures
Video:https://www.youtube.com/live/2S8Zn8G37yA?feature=share
AP02.3 Qualitative research method -Case study, Grounded theory, Ethnography, Phenomenological Research, Narrative Research.
AP02.4 Survey method-structured and unstructured interview. Fact finding observation, online survey, Telephone survey, Panel Survey.
Video lectures
https://www.youtube.com/live/9ounnQmODi0?feature=share
AP02.5 Sampling - Simple random sampling, Circular sampling, Stratified Random sampling, Cluster sampling, Quota sampling, Purposive sampling - Maximum variation sampling, homogenous sampling, typical case sampling, extreme or deviant case sampling, critical case sampling, expert sampling.
Video lectures
https://www.youtube.com/live/0Q1t99Y1du8?feature=share
https://www.youtube.com/live/VXC93q02UyA?feature=share
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AP03 Foundation statistics
AP03.1 Data summarization- Frequency, Percentage, Percentile, Central tendency, Variability.
AP03.2 Normal probability curve characteristics - Skewness, Kurtosis, Area estimation.
AP03.3 Parametric statistics - Mean differences, Correlation, Regression.
AP03.4 Non-parametric statistics - Chi-square statistics, Rank order correlation, Mann Whitney U test, Sign test, Wilcoxon signed rank test, Kruskal wallis test.
AP03.5: Psychoinformatics - Data reservoir, Data cleaning, Data Mining, Pattern recognition, Discovery of Knowledge.
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AP04 R-studio
AP04.1 File management, Vector, Data frame, Data organization, logical functions, character functions, Matrix manipulation.
AP04.2 Data transformation, Data summarization, Mean difference statistics, Correlation.
AP04.3 Cross tabulation, Non para metric statistics.
AP04.4 Plotting categorical data, Bar plot, Stacked bar plot, Pie chart, Histogram, Scatter plot, Box plot.
AP04.5 Psych package
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AP05.1 Construction of one questionnaire.
AP05.2 Construction of aptitude test.
AP05.3 Technical report on any fact finding.
AP05.4 Qualitative data analysis report.
AP05.5 Case study on Mental testing
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Teachers
1. Dr. Debdulal Dutta Roy, President, Rabindrik Psychotherapy Research Institute Trust.
2. Dr. Rama Manna, Trustee, Rabindrik Psychotherapy Research Institute Trust.
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