Psychometrics

Authors

  • Luiz Pasquali Universidade de Brasília; Instituto de Psicologia; Departamento de Psicologia Social e do Trabalho

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-62342009000500002

Keywords:

Psychometrics, Reproducibility of results, Validity of tests, Validation studies

Abstract

Psychometrics has foundations on the theory of measurement in Sciences and is aimed at explaining the meaning of responses provided by subjects submitted to a series of tasks, and proposing techniques for the measurement of mental processes. This article presents concepts and models of modern psychometrics and discusses the validity and reliability parameters of the applied tests.

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Published

2009-12-01

Issue

Vol. 43 (2009): special issue 1

Section

Original Article

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Pasquali, L. (2009). Psychometrics. Revista Da Escola De Enfermagem Da USP, 43(spe), 992-999. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-62342009000500002