Jason T. Newsom PhD

Professor, Department of Psychology, Portland State University

 

 

 

 

Main Page

 

Current Courses

Univariate Quant

Multivariate Quant

Categorical Data Analysis

Structural Equation Modeling

Multilevel Regression

Psychological Measurement

Adult Development and Aging

 

Past Courses

Stats Notes

 

Resources

SEM References

SEM Books

 

Other

LSEM Book

LDA Book

Department of Psychology

 

 

 

 

 

 

Psy 495 Psychological Measurement

 

Syllabus

Instructions for Assignments

Lab Report Form (Word format, Google Doc)

Class Canvas page

Example Data Sets

 

PowerPoints, Figures, & Handouts

(Not all, important information is contained in these documents—please take notes!)

Basic Concepts

More Basic Concepts

Individual Differences and Correlations

Qualtrics Lab

 

 

Links

PSU XM/Qualtrics (requires login)

Math and Stat Review Articles (.zip)

Online Statistics Text (David Lane, Rice University)

William Trochim's Outstanding Research Methods Knowledge Base

Psychometrician careers: What do psychometricians do?, Psychometrician career pathway, You’re a what? Psychometrician

Internet addiction test

Cambridge Psychometrics Centre example personality and IQ tests

Cronbach, L. and Meehl, P. (1955). Construct validity in psychological tests, Psychological Bulletin, 52, 4, 281-302

Yong and Pearce's Beginner's Guide to Factor Analysis

Chong Ho Yu's Simple Guide to IRT

Cronbach's alpha SPSS tutorial (Eugene O’Loughlin)

Scale Construction: Developing Reliable and Valid (Hinkin, Tracey, & Enz, 1997)

Editorial: An author's checklist for measure development and validation manuscripts (Holmbeck & Devine, 2009)