Psychometrics is the the art and science of intellectual and cognitive measuring. It has heavily influenced our academic, military and corporate performance prediction practices but it also has a deep, dark past related to the practice of Eugenics. I had a very insightful conversation with guest Dr. Nathan Thompson who holds a PhD in Psychometrics and is the CEO/Co-founder of Assessment Systems. Did you know Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and other personality tests may not have much scientific substance in the field of Pyschometrics? Learn how this field has evolved in this episode.
Guest Dr. Nathan Thompson on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanthompsonasc/
SOURCES
Galton, F. (1879). Psychometric Experiments
https://pure.mpg.de/rest/items/item_2323031/component/file_2323030/content
Rust, J., Kosinski, M., Stillwell, D. (2021). Modern Psychometrics: The Science of Psychological Assessment
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781315637686/modern-psychometrics-john-rust-michal-kosinski-david-stillwell