(Developed by Assoc. E.L. Lutsenko)
Comment: students of School of Psychology of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University take a course psychodiagnostics in the 5th semester, which is completed with taking the exam. From the third year course work students are already capable in using this knowledge in practice.
Requirements to work on designing of the test
1. The sample starting - at least 100 people, representative.
2. Substantiation of the theoretical construct of the test. Substantiation of the need to create the test, compared with previously available.
3. The initial working volume of the test - no less than 40 tasks, final - no less than 20 tasks.
4. Carrying out the test procedure and screening tasks.
5. Checking the discriminativeness of the test.
6. Checking the main types of validity of the test. Cross-validation of the test. (Sample - for at least another 30 people).
7. Checking the reliability of the test in two ways - for uniformity and stability over time.
8. Factorization of the test.
9. The calculation of indicative standards for the test, a description of norms of received distribution of indicators on the test.
10. In annex - condensed guidance on the application of the test and its psychometric characteristics. Desirable - a subsequent edition of the test in the form of methodological recommendations under the authorship of the student and his supervisor.
Additional requirements to the work on adaptation of the foreign test
1. Agreement with the author of the test for the right of adaptation in Ukraine.
2. Translation and analysis of the author’s theoretical principles.
3. Translation of the test with expertise of translation adequacy. Reverse translation from Ukrainian into the original language and the translation check.
4. Analysis of cross-cultural differences and substantiation of necessity of processing tasks which have no analogies in Ukrainian language and culture.
5. Other requirements to the construction of the test remain in place.
Additional requirements to work on adaptation of the test for other age groups
1. Agreement with the author of the test.
2. Substantiation of applicability of the test for different age groups.
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