The New Psychometrics
Author | : Paul Kline |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2014-01-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781317724636 |
ISBN-13 | : 1317724631 |
Rating | : 4/5 (631 Downloads) |
Download or read book The New Psychometrics written by Paul Kline and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.