psychometrics
pronunciation
How to pronounce psychometrics in British English:
UK [ˌsaɪkəʊ'metrɪks]
How to pronounce psychometrics in American English:
US [ˌsaɪkoʊ'metrɪks]
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- Noun:
- any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements
Word Origin
- psychometrics (n.)
- "science of measuring mental processes," 1917, from psychometric; also see -ics.
Example
- 1. American psychologist zick rubin seeks to defineloveby psychometrics .
- 2. An introduction to psychological assessment and psychometrics .
- 3. In an e-mail a few days later , hoeflin explained his interest in psychometrics another way : " being this shy makes one wonder what is going on . "
- 4. Because educational assessment is fundamental to most quantitative research in the field , educational psychologists have made significant contributions to the field of psychometrics .