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EQUAL INTERVAL [3 records]

Record 1 2013-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

A scale with arbitrarily determined zero point and equal intervals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
CONT

Les données cardinales (numériques ou quantitatives), qui sont issues d'une mesure. Elles peuvent se répartir sur une échelle à intervalles égaux (comme le poids, la taille, la température, le temps, les résultats d'un test, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
  • Educational Psychology
OBS

According to "The Encyclopedia Americana", Louis Thurstone, an American psychologist, "was a pioneer in mental measurement." He applied the statistical method of factor analysis to the results of intelligence tests and also developed aptitude tests.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
  • Docimologie
  • Psychologie scolaire
DEF

Méthode proposée par Thurstone pour ordonner des opinions.

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique

Spanish

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