A psychometrician develops and evaluates methods for measuring psychological attributes. Psychometric reliability concerns consistency or precision, while construct validity concerns what interpretation of a score the evidence supports. A measure can be highly consistent yet systematically reflect an unintended ability. A psychometrician therefore studies item behavior, scoring rules and comparison populations as well as whether a test produces repeatable numbers. [ref]
A psychometrician who tested a performance-based multitrait-multimethod design for social intelligence.[ref]
Reviving the search for social intelligence by Susanne Weis and others. 2007, author and study described in the original publication
A psychometrician who helped develop the Tromsø Social Intelligence Scale.[ref]
The Tromsø Social Intelligence Scale by David H. Silvera and others. 2001, author and study described in the original publication
Charles Spearman investigated correlations among cognitive performances and developed an account of a shared general intelligence factor with task-specific contributions. This helped make intelligence a subject of explicit measurement and statistical modeling. A fitted common factor describes covariation under a model; it is not automatically a uniquely identified biological mechanism. His name is also attached to Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. [ref]
General Intelligence, Objectively Determined and Measured by Charles Spearman. 1904, original correlation analysis and general/specific factor account
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