psychometrician

noun

psy·​cho·​me·​tri·​cian ˌsī-kə-mə-ˈtri-shən 

1

: a person (such as a clinical psychologist) who is skilled in the administration and interpretation of objective psychological tests

2

: a psychologist who devises, constructs, and standardizes psychometric tests

Examples of psychometrician in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Which, in the context of Facebook and Cambridge Analytics, is where the psychometricians at Cambridge University come in. — Antonio García Martínez, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2018

Teachers know that good standardized measurements designed by knowledgeable psychometricians are vitally important measures. — Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for psychometrician

• academician
• cycloaddition
• decomposition
• diagnostician
• disinhibition
• indisposition
• interposition
• juxtaposition
• mathematician
• metacognition
• metaphysician
• neurotransmission

Medical Definition

psychometrician

noun

psy·​cho·​me·​tri·​cian -mə-ˈtrish-ən 

1

: a person (as a clinical psychologist) who is skilled in the administration and interpretation of objective psychological tests

2

: a psychologist who devises, constructs, and standardizes psychometric tests