Theory, development and applications of various measurement instruments and procedures. Application of statistical computer packages is emphasized. A second-level inferential statistics course with emphasis on analysis of variance procedures and designs. Assignments include student analysis of survey data. Application of statistical computer packages is emphasized.
Emphasis is on underlying theory of procedures and on analytical approaches.
Development of models for factor analysis and their practical applications. Treatment of factor extraction, rotation, second-order factor analysis, and factor scores. Introduction to linear structural relations models. Theoretical development and application of latent class models. Theoretical formulations of measurement from a latent trait theory perspective.