Psychometrics is an English word with synonyms like psychology. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Psychometrics meaning
The design of psychological tests to measure intelligence, aptitude and personality; and the analysis and interpretation of their results.
Synonyms of Psychometrics
Using Psychometrics
- The main meaning on this page is: The design of psychological tests to measure intelligence, aptitude and personality; and the analysis and interpretation of their results.
- Useful related words include: psychometry, psychometrika, psychology, psychological science.
- In the example corpus, psychometrics often appears in combinations such as: of psychometrics.
Context around Psychometrics
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Psychometrics
- In this selection, "psychometrics" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, founded, center, devised and went stand out and add context to how "psychometrics" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include father of psychometrics devised and and focus in psychometrics has been. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "psychometrics" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with psychometrics
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Another major focus in psychometrics has been on personality testing. (10 words)
The technique had been developed at Cambridge University’s Psychometrics Center. (11 words)
Psychometrics is the science of measuring psychological variables, such as knowledge, skills, and abilities. (14 words)
When experimental psychology came to Britain, Francis Galton was a leading practitioner, and, with his procedures for measuring reaction time and sensation, is considered an inventor of modern mental testing (also known as psychometrics ). (34 words)
As an investigator of the human mind, he founded psychometrics (the science of measuring mental faculties) and differential psychology and the lexical hypothesis of personality. (25 words)
Galton, often referred to as "the father of psychometrics," devised and included mental tests among his anthropometric measures. (18 words)
Example sentences (7)
The technique had been developed at Cambridge University’s Psychometrics Center.
Another major focus in psychometrics has been on personality testing.
As an investigator of the human mind, he founded psychometrics (the science of measuring mental faculties) and differential psychology and the lexical hypothesis of personality.
Galton, often referred to as "the father of psychometrics," devised and included mental tests among his anthropometric measures.
James McKeen Cattell, who is considered a pioneer of psychometrics went on to extend Galton's work.
Psychometrics is the science of measuring psychological variables, such as knowledge, skills, and abilities.
When experimental psychology came to Britain, Francis Galton was a leading practitioner, and, with his procedures for measuring reaction time and sensation, is considered an inventor of modern mental testing (also known as psychometrics ).
Common combinations with psychometrics
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of psychometrics 2×