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Psychometrics is a field of study within psychology concerned with the theory and technique of measurement.Psychometrics generally covers specialized fields within psychology and education devoted to testing, measurement, assessment, and related activities. [1]
Psychometry may refer to: Psychometry (paranormal), a form of extrasensory perception; Psychometrics, a discipline of psychology and education;
Anne Anastasi (December 19, 1908 – May 4, 2001) was an American psychologist [3] best known for her pioneering development of psychometrics.Her generative work, Psychological Testing, remains a classic text in which she drew attention to the individual being tested and therefore to the responsibilities of the testers.
A Song dynasty painting of candidates participating in the imperial examination, a rudimentary form of psychological testing. Physiognomy was used to assess personality traits based on an individual's outer appearance.
Simulated example of a psychometric function, showing how the proportion of correct detections may increase with increasing luminance of the stimulus.
Computational psychometrics incorporates both theoretical and applied components ranging from item response theory, classical test theory, and Bayesian approaches to modeling [4] knowledge acquisition and discovery of network psychometric models. [5]
Borsboom discusses the importance of psychological testing and hence the importance of measurement models in psychometrics. He describes such models as “local philosophies of science” and goes on to discuss several major “global” philosophies of science; logical positivism, instrumentalism, and social constructivism all of which he describes as “anti-realist” to contrast with ...
Buchanan came to prominence in the 1840s when mesmerism and Spiritualism were popularized. [2] He is given credit for coining the term "Psychometry" [3] (soul-measuring) as the name of his own "science" whereby knowledge is acquired directly by the "psychometer" (the instrument of the soul). [4]