Counting and quantification: Comparing psychometric and metrological perspectives on visual perceptions of number

Towards an alignment of engineering and psychometric approaches to uncertainty in measurement: Consequences for the future

“…An analogous shift has taken place in psychometrics, where recent research presented at a series of symposia jointly sponsored by several International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO) technical committees (TC-1, TC-7, and TC-13) suggests provocative new practical and theoretical correspondences between metrology and psychometrics [9][10][11][12]. In accord with those similarities, differences between the psychometric binomial model's True Score Theory (and associated Classical Test Theory) and measurement theoretical approaches to error/uncertainty [9] parallel aspects of the shift documented in the VIM and GUM.…”

“…The PRM [Polytomous Rasch Model] provides a basis for assessing the precision of measurement achieved. Theory-informed empirical research on reading ability has begun to approximate the level of detail obtained in the construction of instruments in the natural sciences [9][10][11][12]20,27,42]. Implications for uncertainty budgets and the practical interpretation of psychometric measures begin from a distinction between Type A and Type B uncertainties [5,8].…”

Avoiding AI Armageddon with metrologically-oriented psychometrics

“…Metrology engineers and psychometricians have recently together expressed their agreement with Wright, identifying a basis for a shared language of standards and traceability spanning the natural and social sciences [7,8]. In a special invited address to the international standards laboratories community (NCSLi), Leslie Pendrill, a past chair of the European Association of National Metrology Institutes, said, "The Rasch approach...is not simply a mathematical or statistical approach, but instead [is] a specifically metrological approach to human-based measurement" [9].…”

“…Crucially, the best approaches [16][17][18] employ a measurement approach that is on-par with physical, chemical and biological science requirements for measurement [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. The measurability of a latent trait like moral reasoning is a crucial beginning to being able to cultivate it on mass scales, especially for the ethical decision making skills paramount for individuals working with AI.…”

The evaluation of the expert competence in field of metrology difference methods

“…People can also be placed on the same measurement scale [10,11]. In [12] has been one attempt to link metrological and psychometric (Rasch) characterisation of мan as a measurement instrument. In [13] a gentle introduction to Rasch measurement models for metrologist is presented.…”