Introduction to Psychometric Theory

1. Measurement, Measuring Instruments, and Psychometric Theory. 2. Basic Statistical Concepts and Relationships. 3. An Introduction to Factor Analysis. 4. Introduction to Latent Variable Modeling and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. 5. Classical Test Theory. 6. Reliability. 7. Procedures for Estimating Reliability. 8. Validity. 9. Generalizability Theory. 10. Introduction to Item Response Theory. 11. Fundamentals and Models of Item Response Theory. Chapter Notes. Appendix. A Brief Introduction to Some Graphics Applications of R in Item Response Modeling.