Definition of psychometrics in English:
psychometrics
plural noun sʌɪkə(ʊ)ˈmɛtrɪksˌsaɪkəˈmɛtrɪks
treated as singular The science of measuring mental capacities and processes.
Example sentencesExamples
- Although this was necessary, due to the lack of pre-existing measures in the field, these measures lack established psychometrics.
- As a particular discipline, psychometrics provides methodologies for constructing measurement tools and frameworks for testing whether such tools achieve expected objectives.
- ‘For a hundred years, psychometrics have done a great job of identifying high ability in many domains, but we haven't spent as much time identifying underlying mechanisms responsible for why people test this way,’ says O'Boyle.
- McCarthy has an expertise in psychometrics, assessment and research methods, and a longstanding commitment to education in psychology.
- The longest shadow hanging over psychometrics - the measurement of intelligence - comes from The Bell Curve, the 1994 book on genetic influences written by Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray.
Definition of psychometrics in US English:
psychometrics
plural nounˌsaɪkəˈmɛtrɪksˌsīkəˈmetriks
treated as singular The science of measuring mental capacities and processes.
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘For a hundred years, psychometrics have done a great job of identifying high ability in many domains, but we haven't spent as much time identifying underlying mechanisms responsible for why people test this way,’ says O'Boyle.
- McCarthy has an expertise in psychometrics, assessment and research methods, and a longstanding commitment to education in psychology.
- As a particular discipline, psychometrics provides methodologies for constructing measurement tools and frameworks for testing whether such tools achieve expected objectives.
- Although this was necessary, due to the lack of pre-existing measures in the field, these measures lack established psychometrics.
- The longest shadow hanging over psychometrics - the measurement of intelligence - comes from The Bell Curve, the 1994 book on genetic influences written by Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray.