E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten
Kline The New Psychometrics
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-317-72463-6
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Science, Psychology and Measurement
E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-317-72463-6
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
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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PART 1: Scientific Method, Scientific Measurement and Psychometrics. Scientfic Method, Realism, Truth and Psychology. Scientific Measurement in Psychometrics and 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 Psychometrics: Principles and Theory. References. Name Index. Subject Index.