psychometric method
71Likert scale — A Likert scale (pronunciation in the field of Psychology varies between lick urt and lie kurt , although the man for whom the scale is named used the former [ [http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/StatHelp/Likert.htm I have always restricted the use …
72Medical school — Med school redirects here. For the experimental drum and bass label, see Hospital Records#Med School. See also: Medical education and List of medical schools Founded in 1765, The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania… …
73Level of measurement — The levels of measurement , or scales of measure are expressions that typically refer to the theory of scale types developed by the psychologist Stanley Smith Stevens. Stevens proposed his theory in a 1946 Science article titled On the theory of… …
74Phrase completions — Phrase completion scales are a type of psychometric scale used in questionnaires. Developed in response to the problems associated with Likert scales, Phrase completions are concise, unidimensional measures that tap ordinal level data in a manner …
75Louis Guttman — infobox Person name=Louis (Eliyahu) Guttman birth date=birth date|1916|2|10|mf=y birth place=New York, New York, United States death date=death date and age|1987|10|25|1916|2|10|mf=y death place=Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States… …
76Heritability of IQ — Study of the heritability of IQ is a controversial field of research that includes biology, psychology, philosophy, sociology and anthropology. Heritability is a measure of the contribution of genes to the variation of a phenotype on a given… …
77IQ and Global Inequality — is a controversial 2006 book by psychologist Richard Lynn and political scientist Tatu Vanhanen.[1] IQ and Global Inequality is follow up to their 2002 book IQ and the Wealth of Nations,[ …
78Samuel A. Stouffer — Samuel Andrew Stouffer (Born Sac City, Iowa on June 6 1900 – died August 24 1960 of cancer) was a prominent American sociologist and developer of survey research techniques. Stouffer spent much of his career attempting to answer the fundamental… …
79Direct Behavior Rating — (DBR) is a behavior assessment method used by educational professionals such as school psychologists and teachers to monitor student behavior, and is characterized by: (a) recording a rating immediately after a prespecified observation period,… …
80Outline of thought — The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to thinking: Thought (and thinking) – the mental process in which beings form psychological associations and models of the world. Thinking is manipulating information, as when… …
