PSY652 ATTITUDE MEASUREMENT AND SCALE DEV.
| Course Code: | 2330652 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Psychology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. NURAY SAKALLI |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Course Objectives
· To introduce students to various methods of attitude measurement such as Likert, Osgood, Thurstone, and implicit measures.
· To develop a Likert type of scale.
· To teach students the importance of validity and reliability for develping a scale.
· To familiarize them with the process of developing a scale such as choosing a topic, reviewing literature, interviewing with participants, and writing items for the attitude object.
· To teach them how to develop a scale, how to apply to ethic committe, how to collect data, how to analyse their data, and how to write a manuscript about scale development.
Course Content
The purpose of the course is to facilitate student's research activities by examining various methods of constructing attitude scales. Students will be required to construct, administer and evaluate a scale on a topic of their choice. This course is intended to be a 'how-to-do-it' methodological course.
Course Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, the graduate students will be able
· To identify different methods of attitude measurement.
· To understand the process of developing Likert type of scale.
· To write items for a scale.
· To apply to ethic committe for their scale development study.
· To use statistical analyses to analyze and interpret data while developing their own scales.
· To write their manuscript about how they developed their scales by using APA style.