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psychometrician en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English psychometric Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English psychometrician From psychometric + -ian.

Meanings

  1. A person who administers psychometric tests.
    • Using AI-developed questions written by non-legally-trained psychometricians represented “an obvious conflict of interest,” Basick argued, because “these are the same psychometricians tasked with establishing that the questions are valid and reliable.” […] On Tuesday, a spokesperson for the State Bar told The Times that all questions — including the 29 scored and unscored questions from the agency’s independent psychometrician that were developed with the assistance of AI — were reviewed by content validation panels and subject matter experts ahead of the exam for factors including legal accuracy, minimum competence and potential bias. 2025 April 23, Jenny Jarvie, quoting Mary Basick (first part), “State Bar of California admits it used AI to develop exam questions”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2025, retrieved 24 Apr 2025:

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