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sociometry Sociol. and Social Psychol.|səʊsɪˈɒmɪtrɪ, səʊʃɪˈɒ-|
[f. socio- + -metry.]
The qualitative and quantitative analysis of the structure of groups, esp. through charting the relationships that exist between the members of small groups. Hence sociˈometrist.
1908W. de Morgan Somehow Good xi. 99 ‘I suppose you'd admit there are such things as social distinctions?’ Sally wouldn't admit anything whatever. If sociometry was to be a science, it must be worked out without axioms or postulates. 1933J. L. Moreno in Proc. Amer. Assoc. on Mental Deficiency 224 The mathematical study of psychological properties of populations, the experimental technique of and the results obtained by the application of quantitative and qualitative methods is called sociometry. 1937Sociometry I. 219 The sociometrist has the task of breaking down..the misunderstandings and fears..in the group he is facing. 1956J. Klein Study of Groups 180 The insistence of the sociometrist that the two kinds of criterion must be presented simultaneously now begins to sound suspicious. 1962K. M. Evans (title) Sociometry and education. 1976Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Mar. 343/2 Mr Lucas deserves a loud cheer for writing a whole informative chapter on the way members of groups affect each other in communities without once using that dreadful word, beloved of educational theories, sociometry. |