Assignment Brief (Comprehensive)
ASSIGNMENT TITLE: Psychometric Assessment Critique & Application
Course Alignment: PSY 7713 / Assessment & Measurement
Estimated Effort: 10–12 hours
Scenario
You will select one standardized psychological measure relevant to your
specialty area and produce a critique applying psychometric theory and
ethical standards.
Learning Outcomes
• Evaluate reliability (α/ω/test–retest) and validity
(content/construct/criterion).
• Analyze cultural fairness, test adaptation, and accessibility.
• Translate evidence into practice recommendations.
Deliverables
A. Measure Overview (500–700 words): construct, population,
administration, scoring, norms.
B. Psychometric Evaluation (1,200–1,500 words): reliability, validity, factor
structure (if applicable), SEM/CI for scores.
C. Ethics & Diversity Analysis (600–800 words): bias, accommodations,
multilingual issues, consent, feedback.
D. Practice Application (400–600 words): use cases, contraindications,
interpretation caveats.
E. Annotated Reference Matrix (≥8 scholarly sources): citation + 2–3
sentence relevance note.
Detailed Task Requirements
1) Evidence Collection
• Locate manuals, peer-reviewed studies, and meta-analyses.
2) Reliability
• Report coefficients and interpret adequacy by use case; note item-level
concerns.
