The New Psychometrics: Science, Psychology and MeasurementRoutledge, 14 jan 2014 - 240 pagina's 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. |
Inhoudsopgave
Scientific measurement in psychometrics and measurement | 25 |
Factor analysis and psychometric measurement | 51 |
other methods | 70 |
Summary conclusions and overview of part 1 | 90 |
the scientific me measurement | 97 |
Primary factors cognitive speed and new measures | 120 |
Problems in the measurement of personality and motivation | 144 |
Personality structure and scientific measurement | 162 |
principles and theory | 178 |
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The New Psychometrics: Science, Psychology and Measurement Paul Kline Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2000 |
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