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Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ)

Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der.

English psycho-

English metrics

English psychometrics

From psycho- + metrics.

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Noun

psychometrics (uncountable)

1. (psychology) The design of psychological tests to measure intelligence, aptitude and personality; and the analysis and interpretation of their results.

Related terms

• psychometric
• psychometrical
• psychometry

Translations

design of psychological tests to measure intelligence

• Catalan: psicometria (ca) f
• Czech: psychometrie f
• Finnish: psykometriikka (fi)
• Irish: síciméadracht f
• Italian: psicometria (it) f
• Khmer: ចិត្តមាត្រវិទ្យា (chet mart vi tyea)
• Portuguese: psicometria
• Russian: психометри́я (ru) f (psixometríja)
• Spanish: psicometría (es) f