tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594832939334410220.post7671207901620578653..comments2024-02-12T06:23:51.153-06:00Comments on Deeply Trivial: How Did I Get Here?: From the Desk of a PsychometricianUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594832939334410220.post-63381832477368779592018-01-14T00:44:02.210-06:002018-01-14T00:44:02.210-06:00Thanks for reaching out. I am quite uncertain abou...Thanks for reaching out. I am quite uncertain about what to take up atm and am exploring options related to research as i learn more about it. Will definitely contact you after developing a more concerte vision of what i want to pursue, beyond the questions i asked miss Sara. <br />RegardsFarhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02480292492971385125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594832939334410220.post-62820149456845044722018-01-14T00:34:53.418-06:002018-01-14T00:34:53.418-06:00Thanks so much for the response. I'll keep the...Thanks so much for the response. I'll keep these points in mind. <br />RegardsFarhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02480292492971385125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594832939334410220.post-67912687473687386142018-01-13T11:42:07.917-06:002018-01-13T11:42:07.917-06:00Farhan—I’d be happy to chat about testing research...Farhan—I’d be happy to chat about testing research in clinical psychology if that area is of greatest interest to you. Email me at dburchett@csumb.edu Dburchetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07581729030427566459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594832939334410220.post-47812186124132299842018-01-13T09:29:15.079-06:002018-01-13T09:29:15.079-06:00Farhan - thanks so much for stopping by! These are...Farhan - thanks so much for stopping by! These are excellent questions and I'm excited to learn that you're considering psychometrics. It really is an in-demand field.<br /><br />You really don't need a strong mathematics background to do psychometrics. Full confession: I never took calculus either and really struggled with math until I discovered statistics. Beyond having a good knowledge of statistics, psychometricians will sometimes do some linear algebra. In fact, I'm planning a post in the near future, in which I describe how we occasionally use systems of linear equations in our work.<br /><br />Fortunately, I haven't faced any resistance, probably because most of my fellow psychometricians aren't psychologists. My previous boss at HMH was an industrial/organization psychologist by training, but everyone else I've worked with came at psychometrics from a different field, such as education. My interviews for psychometrics jobs have been very problem-focused - how would you conduct a content validation study? How would you go about analyzing the following data? And so on. It helped that I had a handful of publications in psychometrics, but what they really cared about was that I could demonstrate knowledge on-demand. Probably because this is such an applied field, and there is a shortage of psychometricians.<br /><br />In my opinion, you can definitely be both clinical psychologist and psychometrician. I think that would be a great combination, since clinical psychologists use tests and measures (e.g., measures of cognitive ability, clinical diagnosis, etc.) very often, and you could even conduct your dissertation work in measurement development. You'd want to find a school with psychometrics courses available, such as a school with a good educational statistics department. (University of Illinois Chicago has a great program, with some of the top minds in Rasch, and there are certainly others.) Alternatively, you could do some independent study on top of grad school or get your clinical psychology degree then do a post-doc to add on the psychometrics specialty. When applying to clinical psych programs, look for programs that either have a really strong statistics offering, either through the psych department or another department in the university. (And it doesn't hurt to reach out and ask a department head how you could potentially tack on some psychometrics training to your graduate training.)Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13213593768515404983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594832939334410220.post-75975788417172592122018-01-13T09:09:55.061-06:002018-01-13T09:09:55.061-06:00Hello,
Thanks for sharing.
Im an undergrad doing ...Hello,<br />Thanks for sharing. <br />Im an undergrad doing B.S Psychology and i haven't really pinned down what I want to get into (clinical? Research? Psychometrics?) Like you mentioned about yourself, i also fell in love with statistics after my 2nd stats course and i find the increasing focus on methodology and science in the field intriguing. I have a few questions:<br /><br />- I don't really have a strong enough mathematics background. I never took up calculus and my knowledge of pre calculus is very very basic. I can do algebra, equations and functions quite easily though and i love statistics, at least the applied side of it. How much mathematics does it take to be a good psychometrician who can troubleshoot and work their way through any problems in their work when it gets tough?<br /><br />- did you face any resistance in the field from employers or other quantitative psychologists for doing psychometrics without specializing as a quantitative psychologist? <br /><br />- can one be a clinical psychologist and a psychometrician as well? <br /><br />ThanksFarhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02480292492971385125noreply@blogger.com