Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | University of Chicago Psychometric Laboratory records
Chicago, University of, Psychometric Laboratory, records
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| Notes: | This collection is open for research.
The Psychometric Laboratory at the University of Chicago was established and directed by psychologist L.L. Thurston in the 1930's. Thurstone enrolled as a graduate student of Psychology at the University of Chicago (1914) and received his doctorate in 1917. Thurstone's primary interests were in the fields of test theory, psychophysics, and the measurement of aptitude, and he was among a core group of scientists who established the Psychometric Society and its journal Psychometrika, the first journal dedicated to the study of quantitative testing. In collaboration with his wife and colleague, Thelma Gwinn, Thurstone created and conducted a series of tests that sought to quantitatively measure human mental abilities. These tests were later taken over by the Educational Testing Service (formed in 1948). His work in primal abilities has influenced in programs of personnel selection, and educational and vocational guidance and his larger work has had a lasting impact in quantitative measuring and methodology. Through the Psychometric Laboratory at the University of Chicago, Thurstone designed and employed a significant number of quantitative tests to measure human mental abilities. In 1952, Thurstone was hired by the University of North Carolina where he established a new Psychometric Laboratory.
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| Summary: | Consists of the Mechanical Aptitude Study conducted under contract with the Office of Naval Research spanning 1947-1950, sample tests used in the isolating of mental abilities, and a report on a code aptitude test.
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| Cite as: | When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: University of Chicago. Psychometric Laboratory. Records, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
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| Cumulative Index / Finding Aids Note: | Finding aid available in the Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library, 1100 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637.
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