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SUMMARY:Psychometrics in Context - Professor John Rust\, University of Cam
 bridge
DTSTART:20110126T140000Z
DTEND:20110126T160000Z
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CONTACT:Professor John Rust
DESCRIPTION:Assessment methodology began 2\,300 years ago with the civil s
 ervice examination in ancient China. In more recent history medical diagno
 sis\, psychophysics\, Darwin\, Galton and the eugenics movement have all c
 ontributed. Events accelerated with the invention of  IT\, and today the w
 orld’s investment in assessment technology is huge and one of the fastes
 t growing areas of the internet. Psychometrics has high stakes application
 s in business for recruitment\, promotion and staff development\; in educa
 tion for the evaluation of achievement\, learning and ability\; and in cli
 nical settings for diagnosis and clinical trials. The psychometric princip
 les of reliability\, validity\, equivalence\, and standardization are equa
 lly applicable to alternative forms of assessment such as interviews\, exa
 minations\, diagnosis\, biodata and assessment centres. Today we are asses
 sed at every stage of our lives\, and the ethical\, political and social i
 mplications are inescapable for anyone involved in assessment\, whether it
  be in education\, recruitment or research more generally. On completing t
 his session you should be aware of the potential of psychometric testing f
 or both harm and good. 
LOCATION:PPSIS Seminar Room\, Free School Lane
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