Review of Psychometric methods

Abstract

Reviews the book, Psychometric methods by J. P. Guilford (1936). The reviewer states that since the field of psychometrics is of considerable size, many persons engaged in cultivating one part of the field do little to cultivate other parts. Guilford in his Psychometric Methods has brought two large parts of this field, mental testing and psychophysics, under simultaneous cultivation. He noted that these two divisions have the same statistical background and that each could profit by closer contact with the other. Included are such topics as psychophysical methods, correlation, curve fitting, sealing methods, the more customary statistics of testing, and multiple factor analysis. Most of the techniques are illustrated by examples. According to the reviewer, the major contribution of such a volume is its promotion of closer interrelations among the various methods of psychological measurement. Psychometric Methods is likely the forerunner of a number of books which will, each in turn, bring greater unity and order into the field of psychometry. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)