- Delineate the nature, process, underlying assumption and principles of psychological assessment.
- Apply different techniques of psychological assessment in guidance and counselling.
- Develop skill of administration scoring and interpretation of psychological test.
Measurement scale: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval and ratio. Psychological testing: history, definitions, uses and types of psychological tests.
Objectivity, standardization, Norms.
Reliability, validity and item analysis.
Types of Norms, Development of norms.
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