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Psychometrics

The discipline that asks: when we say someone "has high anxiety" or "an IQ of 120," what does that statement mean, and how would we know if we were wrong?

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The discipline that asks: when we say someone "has high anxiety" or "an IQ of 120," what does that statement mean, and how would we know if we were wrong? Key sections include: Psycho metrics.; Opening What psychometrics is.; Chapter I The dark origins.; Chapter II The first practical test.; Chapter III Stanford-Binet and Wechsler.; Chapter IV The general factor.; Chapter V IQ has been rising.; Chapter VI The bell-curve controversy.; Chapter VII Stereotype threat.; Chapter VIII Reliability..

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  1. 01Psycho metrics.
  2. 02Opening What psychometrics is.
  3. 03Chapter I The dark origins.
  4. 04Chapter II The first practical test.
  5. 05Chapter III Stanford-Binet and Wechsler.
  6. 06Chapter IV The general factor.
  7. 07Chapter V IQ has been rising.
  8. 08Chapter VI The bell-curve controversy.
  9. 09Chapter VII Stereotype threat.
  10. 10Chapter VIII Reliability.
  11. 11Chapter IX Validity.
  12. 12Chapter X Factor analysis.
  13. 13Chapter XI Item Response Theory.
  14. 14Chapter XII The MMPI.
  15. 15Chapter XIII NEO and Big Five inventories.
  16. 16Chapter XIV Why the MBTI fails as measurement.
  17. 17Chapter XV The Implicit Association Test.
  18. 18Chapter XVI The polygraph problem.
  19. 19Chapter XVII Test ethics.
  20. 20Chapter XVIII Test fairness across groups.
  21. 21Chapter XIX Measurement from digital traces.
  22. 22Chapter XX What has held up.
  23. 23Chapter XXI Twenty-five works.
  24. 24Chapter XXII Watch & read.
  25. 25Chapter XXIII What's next.
  26. 26The end of the deck.
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