PSYCH 255AQuantitative Aspects of Assessment
Psychology · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Introduction to issues concerning empirical measurement of abstract constructs using both classical and modern empirical techniques. Hands-on approach allows students to develop practical experience. In addition to discussion of issues concerning reliability and validity, topics include exposure to analytic approaches, including item response theory, multiple regression, principal components analysis, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, path analysis, and structural equation modeling.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 250A, 250B.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
PSYCH 255A
- PSYCH 250AAdvanced Psychological Statistics
- PSYCH 250BAdvanced Psychological Statistics
2 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 2 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
PSYCH 255A
- PSYCH 430Quantitative Psychology Practicum
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.