>>Psychometry uses computers to investigate psychology theory. In fact,
today, being now 100 years old, it is about the only part of nonmedical
Psychology that is considered actually "scientific". It produced the IQ
test for instance.>>
Are you saying (I think you are) that the IQ test is somehow a fairly
valid measurement of something? Have you read Stephen Gould's analysis of
this in his (excellent) MISMEASURE OF MAN? Particularly the most recent
edition of it?
What Gould claims is that the IQ test is a very good measure of how well
a person will score on the next IQ test he takes, but not of much use
otherwise.
John Burgeson (Burgy)
www.burgy.50megs.com
(science/theology, quantum mechanics, baseball, ethics,
humor, cars, God's intervention into natural causation, etc.)
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