Psychology 2080A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Abraham De Moivre, Classical Test Theory, Item Response Theory
2 Dec 2014
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The ideal rubber yardstick would be a test that is fully reliable, is always gets the right value it is intended to measure, every time it is measured. Spearman"s early studies: the advanced reliability is credited to british charles spearman. In 1733, abraham de moivre introduced the basic notion of sampling error. In 1896, karl pearson developed the product moment correlation: reliability theory puts these two concepts together in the context of measurement. (sampling error and product moment correlation) 2: charles spearman worked out most of the basics for contemporary reliability and published his work in a 1904 article entitled the proof and measurement of. Association between two things because the british journal of psychology: also in 1904, after spearman"s article published, edward l. thorndike, who was then writing the first edition of an introduction to the theory of mental and social.
