psychometrics
Psychological testing science
Psychometrics is the science of measuring mental attributes—intelligence, personality, aptitude, attitudes.
The field develops tests and statistical methods to quantify psychological traits: The company uses psychometrics in hiring decisions.
A psychometric test yields numerical scores that can be compared across individuals or populations.
The adjective psychometric describes such measurements: psychometric testing, psychometric validity.
Determining worth or quality
- testingExamining to evaluate
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- scoringEarning points in competition
scale · inventory · questionnaire · diagnostic · standardized · criterion-referenced · norm-referenced · reliability
Intelligence score
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- g-factorCore mental ability factor
- fluid intelligenceAbility to solve new problems
- cognitive abilityMental processing capacity
reasoning · problem-solving · Stanford-Binet · giftedness · intellectual disability · cognitive load · working memory · processing speed
Distinguishing personal features
- temperamentInborn behavioral nature
- Big FivePremier grouping of five
- extroversionOutward-focused temperament
- introversionInward-directed temperament
conscientiousness · agreeableness · neuroticism · openness · MBTI · MMPI · Rorschach · projective
Related to skilled work
- career assessmentEvaluation of occupational suitability
- talentInborn aptitude
- potentialLatent capacity for development
- capabilityPower to accomplish tasks
proficiency · skill · competence · SAT · GRE · ASVAB · spatial reasoning
Statistical relationship measure
- regressionReturn to former state
- varianceSpread around the mean
- standard deviationSpread around the mean
- significanceQuality of mattering
Chosen item or items
- hiringGiving someone work
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- clinical diagnosisIdentifying disease through examination
- forensicPertaining to legal investigation
occupational · vocational guidance · talent management · admissions · credentialing · certification · licensure · screening
evaluation
Determining worth or quality
- testingExamining to evaluate
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
scoring · scale · inventory · questionnaire · diagnostic · standardized · criterion-referenced · norm-referenced · reliability · validity
IQ
Intelligence score
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- g-factorCore mental ability factor
- fluid intelligenceAbility to solve new problems
cognitive ability · reasoning · problem-solving · Stanford-Binet · giftedness · intellectual disability · cognitive load · working memory · processing speed
traits
Distinguishing personal features
- temperamentInborn behavioral nature
- Big FivePremier grouping of five
- extroversionOutward-focused temperament
introversion · conscientiousness · agreeableness · neuroticism · openness · MBTI · MMPI · Rorschach · projective · self-report
vocational
Related to skilled work
- career assessmentEvaluation of occupational suitability
- talentInborn aptitude
- potentialLatent capacity for development
capability · proficiency · skill · competence · SAT · GRE · ASVAB · spatial reasoning
correlation
Statistical relationship measure
- regressionReturn to former state
- varianceSpread around the mean
- standard deviationSpread around the mean
significance · sampling · normalization · distribution · dimensionality
selection
Chosen item or items
- hiringGiving someone work
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- clinical diagnosisIdentifying disease through examination
forensic · occupational · vocational guidance · talent management · admissions · credentialing · certification · licensure · screening · placement
- psychologypsychologist, therapist, neuropsychology, psychotherapy, memory
- teststest, tests, exam, exams, quiz
- behavioral sciencesbehaviorism, behavioral economics, behavioral genetics, consumer behavior, ethology
- Psychology HistoryFreud, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Jung, William James
- psych toolsintake assessment, personality test, IQ test, screening tool, Rorschach test
- quantitative sciencesstatistics, mathematics, probability, calculus, algebra
psychometricsphenomenology
Study of subjective experience
ethnography · hermeneutics · case study method · thick description · introspection
psychometricsneuroscience
Study of nervous systems
neuroimaging · neurophysiology · biopsychology · electrophysiology · neuropsychology
psychometricsintuition
Instinctive immediate understanding
holism · clinical judgment · mysticism · gut feeling · intuitionism
- psychometric testStandardized mental measurement tool