The New Psychometrics: Science, Psychology and Measurement - Brossura

Kline, Paul

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0415228212 ISBN 13: 9780415228213

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2000

Riassunto

Many psychological factors are little more than statistical descriptions of particular sets of data and have no real significance. Paul Kline uses his long and extensive knowledge of psychological measurement to argue that truly scientific forms of measurement could be developed to create a new psychometrics. This would transform the basis of psychology and change it from a social science to a pure science.

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Contenuti:

PART 1: Scientific Method, Scientific Measurement and Psychometrics. Scientific Method, Realism, Truth and Psychology. Scientific Measurement in Psychometrics and Measurement in the Natural Sciences. Factor Analysis and Psychometric Measurement. Multivariate Analyses and Test Construction: Other Methods. Summary, Conclusions and Overview of Part 1. PART 2: The New Psychometrics: The Scientific Measurement of Personality and Ability. Intelligence and Ability. Primary Factors, Cognitive Speed and New Measures of Intelligence. Problems in the Measurement of Personality and Motivation. Personality Structure and Scientific Measurement. The New sychometrics: Principles and Theory. References. Name Index. Subject Index.

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Book by Kline Paul

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• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0415228212
• ISBN 13: 9780415228213
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 238