PSYC 426 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Factor Analysis, Intelligence Quotient, Theory X And Theory Y
11 Jan 2018
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When not trained in psychometrics: black box mentality emerges. The authors of the test should know how good this test is. Reliability coefficient is in the manual and is . 83 (this is nothing to brag about, says rex). Constructs or hypothetical variables - of items that cannot be measured directly. Operationalize what we mean, given our definition of intelligence. What do we observe when we speak of a person who is acting in an intelligent manner. Commissioned in france to develop an objective measure that had the goal of identifying low functioning children. For children who would need remedial services or special education. Stanford binet intelligence test was the first iq test. The availability of an iq measure stimulated a tremendous amount of empirical studies on the question: What is the nature of human intelligence. Development of factor analysis, which is still widely used today in order to evaluate the construct validity of a measure.
