L. L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory




















L. L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory
Established 1952
Address 235 East Cameron Ave.
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
Website quantpsych.unc.edu

L. L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory is a psychometrics and quantitative psychology laboratory housed within the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It was founded by Louis Leon Thurstone in 1952.[1][2][3][4][5][6]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Directors


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





History


The lab was located at Nash hall from 1952 to 1967 and moved to its present location at Davie Hall in 1967.



Directors



  • Louis Leon Thurstone

  • Thelma Thurstone


  • Lyle V. Jones (1957-1974, 1979-1992)


  • John Bissell Carroll (1974-1979)


  • David Thissen (1992-2003)


  • Robert C. MacCallum (2003-2010)


  • Patrick J. Curran (2010-2017)


  • Daniel J. Bauer (2017-)



References





  1. ^ Jones, Lyle V., and David Thissen. "1 A History and Overview of Psychometrics." Handbook of statistics 26 (2006): 1-27.


  2. ^ Luce, R. Duncan. "Thurstone and sensory scaling: Then and now." (1994): 271.


  3. ^ https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.PSYCHOMETRIC University of Chicago. Psychometric Laboratory. Records


  4. ^ Jones, L. V. (1998). L. L. Thurstone's vision of psychology as a quantitative rational science. In G. A. Kimble & M. Wertheimer (Eds.), Portraits of pioneers in Psychology, Vol. III, pp. 85-102. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.


  5. ^ Wood, D. A. (1962). Louis Leon Thurstone: Creative thinker, dedicated teacher, eminent psychologist. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service.


  6. ^ Thurstone, L. L. (1952). L. L. Thurstone. In E. G. Boring, H. S. Langfeld, H. Werner, & R. M. Yerkes (Eds.), A history of psychology in autobiography, Vol. IV, pp. 295-321. Worcester, MA: Clark University Press.




External links




  • Webpage at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • History

  • History of the Psychometric Lab









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