Perspectives on Psychometrics Interviews with 20 Past Psychometric Society Presidents.
history of psychometrics
interviews
oral history
qualitative research
statistics
Journal
Psychometrika
ISSN: 1860-0980
Titre abrégé: Psychometrika
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0376503
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 2021
03 2021
Historique:
received:
18
07
2019
revised:
13
03
2020
pubmed:
27
3
2021
medline:
18
9
2021
entrez:
26
3
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In this article, we present the findings of an oral history project on the past, present, and future of psychometrics, as obtained through structured interviews with twenty past Psychometric Society presidents. Perspectives on how psychometrics should be practiced vary strongly. Some presidents are psychology-oriented, whereas others have a more mathematical or statistical approach. The originally strong relationship between psychometrics and psychology has weakened, and contemporary psychometrics has become a diverse and multifaceted discipline. The presidents are confident psychometrics will continue to be relevant but believe psychometrics needs to become better at selling its strong points to relevant research areas. We recommend for psychometrics to cherish its plurality and make its goals and priorities explicit.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33770319
doi: 10.1007/s11336-021-09752-7
pii: 10.1007/s11336-021-09752-7
pmc: PMC8035107
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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