Abstract

RODRIGUEZ-JIMENEZ, OLGA ROSALBA; ROSERO-BURBANO, RICHARD FRANCISCO; BOTIA SANABRIA, MARÍA LUCERO  and  DUARTE MATEUS, LUZ HELENA. Producción de Conocimiento en Psicometría en Instituciones de Educación Superior de Bogotá y Chía. Rev. colomb. psicol. [online]. 2011, vol.20, n.1, pp.9-25. ISSN 0121-5469.

The main goal of this research project is to describe the production of knowledge in psychometrics and to identify aspects that make it possible to provide feedback for the development of training policies in this area. For this purpose, 7.259 theses and research projects carried out by professors of psychology in Bogotá and Chía between 1960 and 2009 were gathered, and 241 of them, related to the field of measurement, were analyzed using a grid designed for that purpose. results showed an incipient yet growing interest in the area over the past two decades, as well as a need for further appropriation and assessment of the existing models in test theory: classical theory and item response theory. From the dual perspective of theoretical and applied psychometrics, the study indicated the need to strengthen the models domain, the criteria, and the evidence production processes for the validity and reliability of constructed or evaluated tests. The study also showed the lack of consensus regarding the classification of psychometric studies.

Keywords : competencies in psychometrics; production of knowledge; psychometrics; test theory.

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