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Values in Psychometrics
Perspectives on Psychological Science ( IF 12.6 ) Pub Date : 2021-11-30 , DOI: 10.1177/17456916211014183
Lisa D Wijsen 1 , Denny Borsboom 1 , Anna Alexandrova 2
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When it originated in the late 19th century, psychometrics was a field with both a scientific and a social mission: Psychometrics provided new methods for research into individual differences and at the same time considered these methods a means of creating a new social order. In contrast, contemporary psychometrics—because of its highly technical nature and its limited involvement in substantive psychological research—has created the impression of being a value-free discipline. In this article, we develop a contrasting characterization of contemporary psychometrics as a value-laden discipline. We expose four such values: that individual differences are quantitative (rather than qualitative), that measurement should be objective in a specific sense, that test items should be fair, and that the utility of a model is more important than its truth. Our goal is not to criticize psychometrics for supporting these values but rather to bring them into the open and to show that they are not inevitable and are in need of systematic evaluation.



中文翻译:

心理测量学的价值观

当心理测量学起源于19世纪末时,它是一个兼具科学使命和社会使命的领域:心理测量学为研究个体差异提供了新方法,同时将这些方法视为创建新社会秩序的手段。相比之下,当代心理测量学——由于其高度技术性和对实质性心理学研究的参与有限——给人留下了一种与价值无关的学科的印象。在本文中,我们对当代心理测量学作为一门充满价值的学科进行了对比描述。我们揭示了四个这样的价值观:个体差异是定量的(而不是定性的)、测量在特定意义上应该是客观的、测试项目应该是公平的、模型的实用性比其真实性更重要。我们的目标不是批评心理测量学支持这些价值观,而是将它们公开并表明它们并非不可避免,并且需要系统评估。

更新日期:2021-12-01
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