Undergraduate Research on Test Construction and Validation

该奖项为三一学院心理学系提供资金，用于建立本科生研究经验网站。该项目将为少数族裔学生提供测试构建和验证方面的研究机会。该项目包括两个部分：(1)一个短期的心理测量课程，专注于人格测试的构建；(2)学生发起的同一主题的研究。除了学习人格测试发展和验证的理论基础外，学生还将学习收集信息以检验假设的方法，并获得科学推理的经验。课程结束后，学生小组将开发并开展旨在测试评估工具有效性的研究项目。学生将准备书面研究报告，并向项目参与者和其他观众口头展示他们的研究结果。成功的项目将在本科和专业会议上展示。该项目招募的学生主要是非裔美国人和西班牙裔大学生，他们以前参加过一个名为“职业开端”的大学准备项目。

This award provides funds to the Department of Psychology at Trinity College to establish a Research Experiences for Undergraduate Site. The program will provide minority students with research opportunities in test construction and validation. The project contains two components: (1) a short course on psychological measurement that concentrates on personality test construction, and (2) student-initiated research on the same topic. In addition to learning the theory underlying the development and validation of personality tests, students will learn methods for gathering information to test hypotheses and will gain experience with scientific reasoning. Following the course, small groups of students will develop and conduct research projects designed to test the validity of an assessment instrument. Students will prepare written research reports and will present their results orally to project participants and other audiences. Successful projects will be presented at undergraduate and professional conferences. Students recruited for this program primarily will be African-American and Hispanic college students who formerly participated in a college preparation program entitled "Career Beginnings."