Definition

A professional who specializes in creating and interpreting tests that measure mental abilities, personality traits, and other psychological attributes.

Example

The psychometrician analyzed the test results to provide insights into the students' learning styles.

Conversation

Have you ever thought about becoming a psychometrician?

Not really, what do they even do?

They mainly administer tests to measure people's mental abilities and skills.

That sounds interesting! I didn't know that was a career.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Root Explanation

Psychometrician → It is formed from "psycho-" (from Greek "psukhē", meaning soul or mind) and "metric" (from Greek "metron", meaning measure) and the suffix "-ian" (meaning relating to or one who). A psychometrician is a person who measures mental capacities and processes.

Memory Tip

Think of 'psycho-' relating to the 'mind' and 'metric' meaning 'measure' — a psychometrician is someone who measures aspects of the mind.

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