Louis Leon Thurstone was an American psychologist and a founding figure of psychometrics and psychophysics. He developed the law of comparative judgment as an approach to measurement, made major contributions to factor analysis, and formulated the Primary Mental Abilities model of intelligence. He founded the journal Psychometrika and the Psychometric Society, serving as its first president in 1936.
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionConceived the approach to measurement known as the law of comparative judgment and is well known for his contributions to factor analysis. 1 Notable WorkLaw of comparative judgment 1 Connections
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He conceived the approach to measurement known as the law of comparative judgment, and is well known for his contributions to factor analysis.
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Thurstone was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Swedish immigrant parents.
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Louis Leon Thurstone (May 29, 1887, September 29, 1955) was an American pioneer in the fields of psychometrics and psychophysics.
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