psychometrists
Mental assessment specialists
Psychometrists are professionals who administer and score psychological tests.
They work under the supervision of psychologists, handling the technical aspects of testing—intelligence assessments, personality inventories, neuropsychological batteries—while the supervising psychologist interprets results and makes diagnoses.
The psychometrist spent two hours administering the cognitive assessment.
Determining worth or quality
- testingExamining to evaluate
- standardizedMade uniform across cases
- batteryPortable electricity storage
- screeningEvaluative selection process
scoring · interpretation · norms · validity · reliability · scale · inventory · questionnaire
Official permission to practice
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- psychologyStudy of mind, behavior
- clinicalEmotionally detached, medically precise
- neuropsychologyScience of brain-cognition relationships
educational · forensic · occupational · vocational · counseling · developmental · practitioner · credentialing
Formal procedural framework
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- qualitativeRelating to characteristics, not quantities
- quantitativeConcerning measurable amounts
analysis · empirical · findings · publication · journal · sample · replication · longitudinal
Statistical relationship measure
- regressionReturn to former state
- t-testHypothesis check for averages
- chi-squareStatistic for categorical data
- p-valueProbability under null hypothesis
mean · variance · percentile · z-score · outliers
evaluation
Determining worth or quality
- testingExamining to evaluate
- standardizedMade uniform across cases
- batteryPortable electricity storage
screening · scoring · interpretation · norms · validity · reliability · scale · inventory · questionnaire · diagnosis
licensure
Official permission to practice
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- psychologyStudy of mind, behavior
- clinicalEmotionally detached, medically precise
neuropsychology · educational · forensic · occupational · vocational · counseling · developmental · practitioner · credentialing · ethics
methodology
Formal procedural framework
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- qualitativeRelating to characteristics, not quantities
quantitative · analysis · empirical · findings · publication · journal · sample · replication · longitudinal · normative
correlation
Statistical relationship measure
- regressionReturn to former state
- t-testHypothesis check for averages
- chi-squareStatistic for categorical data
psychometriststherapists
Mental health professionals
psychotherapists · counselors · clinical psychologists · healers · psychiatrists
psychometristsphenomenologists
Students of subjective experience
intuitives · psychics · clairvoyants · ethnographers · empaths
psychometristsphrenologists
Skull-shape personality assessors
graphologists · astrologers · palm readers · fortune tellers · psychics