• DOI:10.1080/15366360802035489
Corpus ID: 146702066

Is Psychometrics Pathological Science?

@article{Michell2008IsPP,
  title={Is Psychometrics Pathological Science?},
  author={J. Michell},
  journal={Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives},
  year={2008},
  volume={6},
  pages={24 - 7}
}

J. Michell

Published 2008

Psychology

Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives

Pathology of science occurs when the normal processes of scientific investigation break down and a hypothesis is accepted as true within the mainstream of a discipline without a serious attempt being made to test it and without any recognition that this is happening. It is argued that this has happened in psychometrics: The hypothesis upon which it is premised, that psychological attributes are quantitative, is accepted within the mainstream, and not only do psychometricians fail to acknowledge… CONTINUE READING

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