2026 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Teacher education courses
Introduction to Psychological and Educational Measurement
- Academic unit or major
- Teacher education courses
- Instructor(s)
- Nobuko Hagiuda
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Thu (W9-321(W937))
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAT.A401
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2026
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 5, 2026
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course assumes that students will design a questionnaire, conduct a survey, analyze the data, and report the findings.
Course description and aims
he goals of this course are to learn data collection methods—particularly questionnaire-based surveys—and to understand the properties of the collected data so that they can be used appropriately.
Keywords
Questionnaire, Survey, Scale, Data Collection
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This course consists, in principle, of in-class lectures and out-of-class assignments.
It involves substantial learner-centered activities.
Please note that if you do not complete the assignments, it will be difficult to follow the subsequent classes.
The order and content of the lectures may be adjusted according to students’ learning progress.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | What is a questionnaire? |
Pre-class assignment for the next session |
| Class 2 | Measurement of preferences |
After-class report and pre-class assignment for the next session |
| Class 3 | Thurstone’s method |
After-class report and pre-class assignment for the next session |
| Class 4 | Measurement using the Semantic Differential (SD) method |
After-class report and pre-class assignment for the next session |
| Class 5 | Measurement using the Likert method |
After-class report and pre-class assignment for the next session |
| Class 6 | Scale evaluation |
After-class report and pre-class assignment for the next session |
| Class 7 | Presentations by students |
Review report |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
Scale Construction Methods (2024), Seishin Shobō, edited by Shinji Oshio
(Only a selected portion of this book will be covered in the course.)
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Books that explain questionnaire surveys and related methods will be useful references.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Assignment completion (50%)
Student presentations (50%)
Related courses
- SHS.M465 ： Analyses and Modeling Techniques of Educational Data
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of descriptive statistics and statistical tests, as well as fundamental Excel skills, is assumed.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
Refer to the handouts distributed in class.
Office hours
Available for consultation before and after class.