psychometrically
- adverb
- /ˌsaɪkəˈmɛtrɪkli/
- Specialized
- The evaluation form is brief, and the items have not been psychometrically validated.
- psychometrically sound
- psychometrically sound instrument
- psychometrically sound measure
Examples
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And they are the product of a sophisticated and psychometrically sound process of scale development.
Academic text (2005) -
The measure is an adapted version of a previously published, psychometrically sound measure of bullying (see Bradshaw et al., 2007).
Academic text (2013) -
Because this was an opportunistic study, there was no time to develop or identify psychometrically sophisticated measures.
Academic text (2009) -
If the two measures are comparable psychometrically, then the preference of the examinee becomes increasingly important.
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All of these values are consistent with a psychometrically sound instrument (Clark & Watson, 1995).
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One concern, however, is the lack of psychometrically sound instruments to measure climate in elementary CSCP classrooms.
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Service providers and researchers have a number of psychometrically sound instruments to help them identify deficits and pathology.
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Correspondingly, potential solutions are rooted in the quest for psychometrically valid measurement.
Academic text (1991) -
Preliminary evidence suggests the TRAAM shows promise as an efficient and psychometrically adequate alternative measure of academic achievement motivation in children.
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Researchers developed a test that is both reliable and psychometrically valid to assess students' cognitive abilities.
Surface Forms
Morphology
psychometrically = psychometric (transparent) = psych + metric + ally
Regular derivation from 'psych-' + 'metric' to form an adjective and then the adverbial '-ally'; the sense 'in terms of measurement of mental traits' is directly compositional.
Etymology
Psychometrically also comes from psych- meaning 'mind' and -metric meaning 'measure', the same idea you see in meter or metric. So, in research it means 'in a way that measures the mind', for example checking tests to see if they accurately measure skills or traits.