psychometrics

Question 1

what si psychometrics

Answer 1

Basically, psychometrics involves the development, assessment and application of
methods to assess psychological attributes or concepts
- This process attempts to transform these attributes and concepts

Question 2

psychological measures

Answer 2

essentially methods that are used to collect a sample of
someone’s behaviours, thoughts or emotions

Question 3

Standardization

Answer 3

the test is given in the same way and the responses to the test
are scored in the same way each time the test is administered to test takers

Question 4

Psychological tests

Answer 4

can be though of as an objective and standardized measure of a
sample of behaviour

Question 5

-Examinations

Answer 5

-Examinations do not have standard scores or norms, and tend to be used in academic situations

Question 6

Measurement

Answer 6

Measurement is the process of assigning numbers to our observations of real world
events
-Basically, measurement is the process of creating a language to represent what we
observe

Question 7

hypothetical construct

Answer 7

theoretical description of a some attribute
- collection of ideas describing the properties of an object or phenomena