Psychometrics

1859

In 1859, Darwin published his book On the Origin of Species, which was devoted to the role of natural selection in the emergence over time of different populations of species of plants and animals.

1932

The committee was appointed in 1932 by the British Association for the Advancement of Science to investigate the possibility of quantitatively estimating sensory events.

1936

It is Wundt's influence that paved the way for others to develop psychological testing. === 20th century === In 1936 the psychometrician L.

1943

They need not worry about the mysterious differences between the meaning of measurement in the two sciences (Reese, 1943, p.

1950

In the late 1950s, Leopold Szondi made an historical and epistemological assessment of the impact of statistical thinking onto psychology during previous few decades: "in the last decades, the specifically psychological thinking has been almost completely suppressed and removed, and replaced by a statistical thinking.

1988

The Personnel Evaluation Standards was published in 1988, The Program Evaluation Standards (2nd edition) was published in 1994, and The Student Evaluation Standards was published in 2003. Each publication presents and elaborates a set of standards for use in a variety of educational settings.

1993

An alternative method involves the application of unfolding measurement models, the most general being the Hyperbolic Cosine Model (Andrich & Luo, 1993). == Theoretical approaches == Psychometricians have developed a number of different measurement theories.

1994

The Personnel Evaluation Standards was published in 1988, The Program Evaluation Standards (2nd edition) was published in 1994, and The Student Evaluation Standards was published in 2003. Each publication presents and elaborates a set of standards for use in a variety of educational settings.

2003

The Personnel Evaluation Standards was published in 1988, The Program Evaluation Standards (2nd edition) was published in 1994, and The Student Evaluation Standards was published in 2003. Each publication presents and elaborates a set of standards for use in a variety of educational settings.

2014

A consideration of concern in many applied research settings is whether or not the metric of a given psychological inventory is meaningful or arbitrary. === Testing standards === In 2014, the American Educational Research Association (AERA), American Psychological Association (APA), and National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) published a revision of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, which describes standards for test development, evaluation, and use.




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