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psychometricsScience of psychological measurement. Psychometricians design and administer psychological tests (see psychological testing), both to generate empirical data on mental processes and to refine their understanding of measurement techniques and the statistical analysis of results. Major concerns include test reliability and validity and the norming or standardization of results. psychometrics [¦sī·kə¦me·triks] (psychology) The mathematical and statistical treatment of psychological data. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A modest outlay, in the range of $10 to $20 million, could have dramatic potential if expended on convening the nation's top-flight statisticians, economists, and psychometricians to construct a research and methodological task force to buttress cost modeling strategies. Not much, because, as the psychometrician states, we do not actually know what intelligence is, nor do we know what intelligence tests actually measure other than performance on the tests themselves. is a psychometrician and research scientist in private industry. |
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