Written report of the design & development of an assessment instrument
Assignment 2: Written report of the design & development of an assessment in" rel="nofollow">instrument
Order Description
**Sensation Seekin" rel="nofollow">ing - Experience-seekin" rel="nofollow">ing**
- CLEARLY defin" rel="nofollow">ine the psychological construct.
- The rationale/justification for designin" rel="nofollow">ing the measure (why it is needed)
*Recognise there are 4 elements ie Thrill- and adventure-seekin" rel="nofollow">ing, Disin" rel="nofollow">inhibition, Boredom, and Experience-seekin" rel="nofollow">ing then narrow it down to Experience-seekin" rel="nofollow">ing use a space limitation as a rationale.
- Identify possible Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) that could help you create and develop such a measure.
- Include the steps that you have taken to create the origin" rel="nofollow">inal pool of items
- The rationale/justification (with supportin" rel="nofollow">ing references) for decisions that you made in" rel="nofollow">in the development of the measure relatin" rel="nofollow">ing to:
o Number of items in" rel="nofollow">in the scale
o The use of positively and/or negatively worded items
o Number of options in" rel="nofollow">in the response format
o Labellin" rel="nofollow">ing of response options
• Use appendices to:
-Present the in" rel="nofollow">initial pool of items with clear reference to empirical evidence to support their in" rel="nofollow">inclusion (e.g. similar existin" rel="nofollow">ing measure, theoretical paper, origin" rel="nofollow">inal item generated by author on the basis of… (Reference)
o Feedback from peers regardin" rel="nofollow">ing the origin" rel="nofollow">inal questions
o A fin" rel="nofollow">inal version of the scale, in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing:
- admin" rel="nofollow">inistration in" rel="nofollow">instructions
- items
- response options
- scorin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">instructions