Overview

The final project for this course is the creation of an evaluative, comprehensive literature review.You will select a psychological measure or test. You will evaluate the test using research in peer-reviewed psychology journals to substantiate claims about its validity, reliability, applications, and implications.

Prompt

Your literature review should answer the following prompt: What is the overall appropriateness and practical value of your selected psychological assessment measure?

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

1. Background of the test [PSY-550-01]
   1. What is the purpose of the test?
   2. What type of test is it? What type of information does it yield?
   3. How is it administered and scored? Who publishes the results?
   4. For whom is this test intended? Who else has utilized this test?
2. Assessment of the test
   1. To what extent does the test employ appropriate psychometric principles? [PSY-550-03]
   2. To what extent has the reliability and validity of the test been demonstrated for varying populations? [PSY-550-02]
   3. What are the cut scores for “normal” versus “at-risk” and/or “clinically significant”? Is the method for interpreting and communicating the results (e.g., scaled scores, percentile ranks, z-scores, t-scores) appropriate? [PSY-550-03]
   4. Are there any specific cultural concerns that should be attended to? To what extent do cultural and environmental factors for minorities or special populations impact the effectiveness of the measure? [PSY-550-04]
   5. To what extent are there ethical issues related to the use, administration, and interpretation of this measure? [PSY-550-05]
3. Practical applications of the test
   1. Under what circumstances would you give this test? Provide example scenarios in which the test would be helpful to another mental health professional, parent, teacher, student, individual, court, business, or other profession? [PSY-550-04]
   2. For what purposes and with what clients would you not consider it useful? What are the limitations of this test? [PSY-550-04]
   3. What issues must you attend to carefully in order to present the test results accurately (e.g., not over- or under-interpret their significance) and ethically? [PSY-550-05]
   4. What strategies would you use to help you or your client make decisions resulting from an assessment (e.g., pairing results with other kinds of information)? [PSY-550-02]

       

Instructions

Final Product:Comprehensive Literature Review

In task 10-2,you will submit your final literature review. This should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the main elements of the final product. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. You should comprehensively review and integrate (at a minimum) seven scholarly resources, including peer-reviewed research articles and/or well-respected texts. This milestone is graded using the Final Project Rubric (below).

With your final Literature Review, you will submit an annotated bibliography (separate from your resource page included in the literature review) that categorizes all resources located in the topic area of interest. You should use at least seven scholarly resources, including peer-reviewed research articles or academic texts, to write this review. An example of an appropriate text would be Psychological Testing by Anne Anastasi and Susana Urbina. This document should include full bibliographic information (title, author, and other reference information), the abstract, and your notes about how the resource informs your understanding of the topic.Use APA format for this document, as with all work submitted in this course.

Participate in an asynchronous discussion by answering the Seminar questions in written form. You should create your Seminar responses in MS Word using APA format and cite all references used. Your response should be 350–400 words—again, substance and specific details are the key in all responses. Work for this course should reflect the level expected of 400-level courses. Save your document and submit to the Unit 8 Seminar Dropbox:

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