A Creation Narrative for the Psychometric Society and Psychometrika: In the Beginning There Was Paul Horst

Willem Heiser () and Lawrence Hubert
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Willem Heiser: Leiden University
Lawrence Hubert: University of Illinois

Psychometrika, 2016, vol. 81, issue 4, No 17, 1172-1176

Abstract: Abstract A review is provided for the creation of the Psychometric Society in 1935, and the establishment of its journal, Psychometrika, in 1936. This document is part of the 80th anniversary celebration for Psychometrika’s founding, held during the annual meeting of the Psychometric Society in July of 2016 in Asheville, NC.

Keywords: blind reviewing; principal components; Journal of Educational Psychology; Psychometric Corporation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s11336-016-9539-4

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