Department of Psychological Methods, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129-B, 1018, WS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Psychometrika. 2021 Mar;86(1):327-343. doi: 10.1007/s11336-021-09752-7. Epub 2021 Mar 26.
In this article, we present the findings of an oral history project on the past, present, and future of psychometrics, as obtained through structured interviews with twenty past Psychometric Society presidents. Perspectives on how psychometrics should be practiced vary strongly. Some presidents are psychology-oriented, whereas others have a more mathematical or statistical approach. The originally strong relationship between psychometrics and psychology has weakened, and contemporary psychometrics has become a diverse and multifaceted discipline. The presidents are confident psychometrics will continue to be relevant but believe psychometrics needs to become better at selling its strong points to relevant research areas. We recommend for psychometrics to cherish its plurality and make its goals and priorities explicit.
本文介绍了一项心理计量学史的口述历史研究项目的结果，该研究通过对二十位前心理计量学会主席进行的结构化访谈获得。对于心理计量学应该如何实践，人们的观点差异很大。一些主席倾向于心理学，而另一些则更倾向于数学或统计学方法。心理计量学最初与心理学之间的紧密关系已经减弱，当代心理计量学已经成为一个多样化和多方面的学科。主席们相信心理计量学将继续具有相关性，但认为心理计量学需要更好地向相关研究领域推销其优势。我们建议心理计量学珍惜其多样性，并明确其目标和优先事项。
