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psychometrika

psychometrika

9.9
A field of psychology that measures mental abilities and personality
  • noun
  • /ˌsaɪkəˈmɛtrɪkə/
  • Specialized
translation icon : psicometría
  • The journal Psychometrika publishes studies related to the measurement of psychological constructs.

Examples

  • Cronbach, L. J. (1951). Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests. Psychometrika, 16, 297-334.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Joreskog, K. G. (1978). Structural analysis of covariance and correlation matrices. Psychometrika, 43, 443-477.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Bozdogan H. 1987. Model selection and Akaike's information criterion (AIC): the general theory and its analytical extensions. Psychometrika 52:345-370.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Psychometrika focuses on the measurement of psychometrika variables, such as intelligence and personality.

  • In the field of psychometrika, researchers develop tests to assess various cognitive abilities.

Synonyms

psychometrics
vspsychometrika
  • Specialized
1 8.6

Measuring people's intelligence, personality, and abilities with tests

is the general study of measuring psychological variables rather than methods
psychometry
vspsychometrika
  • Specialized
1 8.6

The study of tests that measure people's intelligence, skills, and personality

is broader, covering measurement of various psychological variables beyond mental functions

Surface Forms

psychometrika singular
psychometrikas plural

Morphology

psychometrika = psychometric (semi-transparent) = psycho + metric + a

The core meaning is recoverable from psychometric, but the final -a ending and the specialized field sense make the full form less straightforward for learners.

Etymology

The word psychometrika comes from psycho- meaning 'mind' and metr- meaning 'measure', as in psychology and a meter that measures things. So, psychometrika is the part of psychology that measures people's minds, such as tests of intelligence, personality, and skills.