Constructing Measures II

Upon completion of the course, you:

Knowledge

• have gained deep and detailed knowledge of concepts and procedures of scaling and scoring.

Skills

• are able to apply frequently used methodological techniques and procedures involved in scaling and scoring.

General Competencies

• make reasonable judgements of the benefits and limitations of choices made when designing and implementing measurement scales and scoring systems.

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All students enrolled in the Master's Programme in Assessment, Measurement and Evaluation have equal access to the course. Qualified exchange students or students from other master's programmes at UiO may be considered based on capacity.

Contact us if you want to apply for the course. If you are unsure of whether or not you have sufficient prior knowledge, please send us documentation of previous relevant courses you have taken.

This course combines lectures, seminars, and more practical lab activities. The lectures introduce core concepts and principles. The seminars contain in-class discussion of example applications and real life challenges to the methods. The lab activities are there to put theory into practice.

Obligatory activities:

• Attendance in the first session
• Assignments: You are required to hand in a brief report after each lab session, documenting the activities and/or your exercise solutions of that session.

The obligatory activities must be completed and approved before you are allowed to sit the exam. Once qualified for participating in the exam, you retain this qualification for the next two times the course is offered.

In order to be allowed to sit for the oral exam, you must have delivered reports for each lab.

The exam format is an oral examination with preparation time.

At the start of the exam, you will randomly draw a set of questions relating to one or more of the course topics. Questions can cover theory and practice (including the lab activities).

Before providing and defending your answers to these questions, you are given up to one hour to make notes and prepare your answers. You are allowed to consult all supporting material during this one-hour preparation time, including your computer.

After this preparation time, you present your response to the questions at hand and answer follow-up questions and requests for clarification posed by the examiners. You are not allowed to bring your computer to the oral examination.

Previously given exams and grading guides

• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Resitting an examination

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

Your grade is based on your given responses during the oral examination. Preparation notes are not taken into account.