PPC-111

Test Question Construction

Minimum Contact Hours: 32

Instructor(s):

Ray Nash

Mark Handler

Course Topics:

• Test question construction to include:
• relevant questions for diagnostic and screening exams
• comparison questions for diagnostic and screening exams
• probable lie comparison questions
• directed lie comparison questions
• sacrifice relevant, neutral, introductory, and symptomatic questions
• Test question construction applied to validated polygraph techniques
• Research associated with test question construction
• Laboratory and group exercises to practice test question construction
• Other issues regarding construction of appropriate test questions.

Course Materials:

IPP PowerPoint™ presentation – Test Question Construction

Fundamentals of Polygraph Practice – pp. 61-78

Journal articles, reading materials, and video recordings relevant to the course topics

Assignment:

Students will prepare a 500-word minimum research paper related to one or more of the course topics as approved by IAP. The paper will be factually accurate, relevant to the course material, materially free of substantive typographical or grammatical errors, and appropriately referenced according to the American Psychology Association standards.

Exam:

A comprehensive exam will be administered at the conclusion of this course of instruction with a minimum passing score of 80% required for successful completion. A proficiency exam will also be proctored and evaluated by course instructors. Additional and/or remedial training will be administered as needed.



*Instructors are subject to change depending on availability. Qualified instructors may be substituted on an as-needed basis.