PREVENTION AND HEALTH EDUCATION
Module Psychometry
Academic Year 2025/2026 - Teacher:
TIZIANA LO CASTRO
Expected Learning Outcomes
Provide the essential elements for mastering the discipline.
Knowledge and understanding of concepts related to measurement and empirical and scientific research. Through a broad-based approach, deepen the most commonly used tools in clinical practice and in the treatment of Eating and Nutrition Disorders.
Course Structure
Face-to-face lectures supported by slide presentations.
Clinical case discussions.
Required Prerequisites
Prerequisite requirements according to the regulations of the degree course.
Attendance of Lessons
Students are expected to attend at least 70% of the total hours for each educational activity and professional training placement.
For integrated courses, the minimum attendance requirement must be fulfilled for each individual module.
Detailed Course Content
- Introduction to Psychometrics
- The Concept of Measurement
- Intuitive vs. Experimental Assessment
- What Psychological Tests Are and When They Are Used
- Criteria for Test Selection
- The Research Process
- Sampling Methods
- Controlling for Confounding Variables
- Reliability and Validity of Measurement
- The Interview
- The Questionnaire
- Unidimensional and Multidimensional Scaling
- Theory and Technique of the Clinical Interview
- Examples of Tests Used in the Assessment of Eating Disorders
Textbook Information
Metodologia della ricerca psicologica 2016 Ed. il Mulino
Instructor-provided materials
Course Planning
| | Subjects | Text References |
|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Psychometrics
The Concept of Measurement
Intuitive vs. Experimental
Assessment
What Psychological Tests Are and
When They Are Used
Criteria for Test Selection
The Research Process
Sampling Methods
Controlling for Confounding
Variables
Reliability and Validity of
Measurement
The Interview
The Questionnaire
Unidimensional and Multidimensional
Scaling | Handouts; Metodologia della ricerca
psicologica 2016 Ed. il Mulino |
| 2 | Theory and Technique of the
Clinical Interview | Handouts |
| 3 | Examples of Tests Used in the
Assessment of Eating Disorders | Handouts |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Examinations will take the form of a written test with multiple-choice questions.
