L. L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory
L. L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory is a psychometrics and quantitative psychology laboratory housed within the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It was founded by Louis Leon Thurstone in 1952.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
| Established | 1952 | 
|---|---|
| Address | 235 East Cameron Ave. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.  | 
| Website | quantpsych | 
History
    
The lab was located at Nash hall from 1952 to 1967 and moved to its present location at Davie Hall in 1967.
Directors
    
- Louis Leon Thurstone
 - Thelma Thurstone
 - Lyle V. Jones (1957–1974, 1979–1992)
 - John Bissell Carroll (1974–1979)
 - David Thissen (1992–2003)
 - Robert C. MacCallum (2003–2010)
 - Patrick J. Curran (2010–2017)
 - Daniel J. Bauer (2017– )
 
References
    
- Jones, Lyle V., and David Thissen. "1 A History and Overview of Psychometrics." Handbook of statistics 26 (2006): 1-27.
 - Luce, R. Duncan. "Thurstone and sensory scaling: Then and now." (1994): 271.
 - https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.PSYCHOMETRIC University of Chicago. Psychometric Laboratory. Records
 - Jones, L. V. (1998). L. L. Thurstone's vision of psychology as a quantitative rational science. In G. A. Kimble & M. Wertheimer (Eds.), Portraits of pioneers in Psychology, Vol. III, pp. 85-102. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
 - Wood, D. A. (1962). Louis Leon Thurstone: Creative thinker, dedicated teacher, eminent psychologist. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service.
 - Thurstone, L. L. (1952). L. L. Thurstone. In E. G. Boring, H. S. Langfeld, H. Werner, & R. M. Yerkes (Eds.), A history of psychology in autobiography, Vol. IV, pp. 295-321. Worcester, MA: Clark University Press.
 
External links
    
- Webpage at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 - History
 - History of the Psychometric Lab
 
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