psychometrist
- noun
- /ˌsaɪkoʊˈmɛtrɪst/
- Specialized
- Degree level has also differed, with fewer doctoral practitioners and more persons at the school psychometrist level being found in rural settings (Kramer & Peters, 1986).
- a school psychometrist
Examples
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Nick is a psychometrist.
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Rey (1934) observed that psychometrists appear to be more interested in the responses that result from adaptive processes than in the adaptive processes themselves.
Academic text (1990) -
It's just a technique that psychometrists use.
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The descriptive assessments were administered by a licensed psychometrist approximately 6 weeks into the school year.
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Rural practitioners are not more likely to be school psychometrists and are just as likely to have doctoral degrees and licensure for private practice.
Academic text (1990) -
A special education director of a rural and remote Oregon school district once remarked that he served as a school psychometrist, consultant, advocate, teacher, parent liaison specialist, and was additionally responsible for writing individualized education plans for each student in the sparsely populated district.
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A trained psychometrist administered the standardized tests to the students.
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The psychometrist analyzed the results of the psychological assessments to determine each student's needs.
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She works as a psychometrist, providing valuable insights through psychological evaluations.
Synonyms
A person who gives a test to check someone's skills or knowledge
A person who makes and checks tests that measure people's learning, skills, or personality
Surface Forms
Morphology
psychometrist = psychometric (semi-transparent) = psycho + metr + ist
Adding -ist to psychometric is a standard person-forming derivation, though the base adjective is technical and field-specific.
Etymology
Psychometrist comes from the Greek parts psycho- ('mind') and meter ('measure'), like in thermometer; so a psychometrist is literally someone who 'measures the mind' by giving and scoring psychological tests.