Construct Development and Test Creation

Imagine you are working as a research assistant and have been asked to
develop a measurement construct to solve a problem or collect data.

Choose a construct you would like to measure (depression, anxiety,
etc.).

Create an operational definition of your construct using at least 3 peer-reviewed journal
articles as references (you can use the DSM as a scholarly source to
define your construct, but please do not use websites).

Create a 10-question test to measure the construct.

Write at least 1,250-word analysis in which you:
Justify whether this is an interview or self-report
instrument and the method of scaling you used to create the test items.
Describe the methods you used for item selection and
how item selection was evaluated.
Describe how you would norm this instrument. For your
description, you should:
Discuss how many people you would give it to.
Describe the characteristics that your respondents
would have (gender, age, SES, etc.).
Explain to whom the instrument would be generalized.
Describe how you would establish reliability.
Describe how you would
establish validity

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