Time Management: Response to Student Survey Week 3

Topic 1a - Intro and Overview

Introduction to class and overview of the topic of psychometrics.

Topic 1b - History of Measurement

Brief overview of history of temperature and demonstration of how measurement informs theory

Topic 1c - History of Temperature

History of physical measurement in sciences.

Topic 1d - Psych Measurement

Nature of psychological constructs

Topic 1e - Levels of Measurement

Rules for assigning numbers to objects

Topic 2a - Descriptive Stats and Frequencies

Quick review of basic stat terms and symbols. Demonstration of creating a frequency distribution.

Topic 2b - Central Tendency

Estimates of central tendency

Topic 2c - Dispersion

Dispersion and cacluation

Topic 2d - Covary and Correlation

Degree of consistency between two variables