psychometrics
Americannoun
noun
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the branch of psychology concerned with the design and use of psychological tests
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the application of statistical and mathematical techniques to psychological testing
Etymology
Origin of psychometrics
Vocabulary lists containing psychometrics
Example Sentences
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"She chose to stand very close to examiner during much of the formal psychometrics."
From Salon • Nov. 17, 2022
Meanwhile, at Cambridge University, Michal Kosinski was doing a PhD in psychometrics - the study of measuring psychological profiles.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2019
She has previously taught statistics, research methods and psychometrics courses at Pepperdine and Stanford universities.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2018
At the hearing on Tuesday, Kogan repeatedly took aim at the field of research – psychometrics – that Cambridge Analytica claimed it could use to predict voters’ psychological traits and influence their votes.
From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2018
In 2014, Michal Kosinski, a researcher in the psychology department at the University of Cambridge, was working in the emerging field of psychometrics, the quantitative study of human characteristics.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 17, 2017
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