Psychometrician job description
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Example psychometrician requirements on a job description
Psychometrician requirements can be divided into technical requirements and required soft skills. The lists below show the most common requirements included in psychometrician job postings.
Sample psychometrician requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Psychology or related field
- Experience in administering and interpreting psychological tests
- Good knowledge of psychometric principles and testing standards
- Strong analytical and statistical skills
- Proficiency in computerized testing software and data analysis tools
Sample required psychometrician soft skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work well independently and in a team environment
- Attention to detail and strong organizational skills
- Flexibility and adaptability to changing requirements and priorities
- Empathy and sensitivity to the needs of test takers
Psychometrician job description example 1
Cambium Learning Group psychometrician job description
The Psychometrician will provide oversight of the technical quality of educational assessment and analysis activities.
Job Responsibilities
• Leads technical operational and research projects
• Plans, coordinates, and performs statistical analysis for basic and/or segments of complex project or work assignments.
• Works independently on most phases of statistical and/or psychometric analysis and provides guidance to less experienced psychometricians.
• Provides guidance and oversight to project staff on technical aspects of their work.
• Represents organization's position on technical issues to clients, external boards and panels, professional associations, and other agencies.
• Accountable for basic and complex statistical design and analysis decisions such as variance estimations (weighting), sample design, statistical modeling, and psychometrics.
• Ensures quality control of deliverables.
• Designs, develops and documents technical and operational procedures and statistical guidelines for assigned area.
• Assists with project development and monitors project budgets.
• Applies advanced knowledge of statistical procedures, psychometric methods and their applications and statistical programming (e.g., SAS).
Job Requirements
• Ph.D. in Statistics, Education Measurement, Psychometrics, Psychological Measurement, or related field with an emphasis on quantitative analysis or psychometrics.
• Advanced training in psychometric research and statistics including item response theory, scaling and equating, Monte Carlo methods, sample design and computer programming.
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a team in a consulting environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Why Work With Us?
When you work with Cambium Assessment, you'll be helping to design and build inspiring solutions that make a real impact on the online testing industry, as well as the educators and students we support.
Our ground breaking work includes:
Advanced computer-adaptive algorithms Mobile support of user interfaces Learning management systems with social media features Universally accessible user interfaces Machine scorable items
In the 2021-2022 school year, we delivered more than 100 million online tests, successfully supported peak testing volumes exceeding 1.3 million simultaneous test takers, while ensuring an average response time of less than a tenth of a second. We have the most advanced features of any online testing system, and we continue to push boundaries to improve student performance measurement and enabling educators with actionable insights to drive better overall educational outcomes for our students. To learn more about our organization and the exciting work we do, visit www.cambiumassessment.com
An Equal Opportunity Employer
We are dedicated to fostering a culture that celebrates unique backgrounds, ideas, and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.
Job Responsibilities
• Leads technical operational and research projects
• Plans, coordinates, and performs statistical analysis for basic and/or segments of complex project or work assignments.
• Works independently on most phases of statistical and/or psychometric analysis and provides guidance to less experienced psychometricians.
• Provides guidance and oversight to project staff on technical aspects of their work.
• Represents organization's position on technical issues to clients, external boards and panels, professional associations, and other agencies.
• Accountable for basic and complex statistical design and analysis decisions such as variance estimations (weighting), sample design, statistical modeling, and psychometrics.
• Ensures quality control of deliverables.
• Designs, develops and documents technical and operational procedures and statistical guidelines for assigned area.
• Assists with project development and monitors project budgets.
• Applies advanced knowledge of statistical procedures, psychometric methods and their applications and statistical programming (e.g., SAS).
Job Requirements
• Ph.D. in Statistics, Education Measurement, Psychometrics, Psychological Measurement, or related field with an emphasis on quantitative analysis or psychometrics.
• Advanced training in psychometric research and statistics including item response theory, scaling and equating, Monte Carlo methods, sample design and computer programming.
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a team in a consulting environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Why Work With Us?
When you work with Cambium Assessment, you'll be helping to design and build inspiring solutions that make a real impact on the online testing industry, as well as the educators and students we support.
Our ground breaking work includes:
Advanced computer-adaptive algorithms Mobile support of user interfaces Learning management systems with social media features Universally accessible user interfaces Machine scorable items
In the 2021-2022 school year, we delivered more than 100 million online tests, successfully supported peak testing volumes exceeding 1.3 million simultaneous test takers, while ensuring an average response time of less than a tenth of a second. We have the most advanced features of any online testing system, and we continue to push boundaries to improve student performance measurement and enabling educators with actionable insights to drive better overall educational outcomes for our students. To learn more about our organization and the exciting work we do, visit www.cambiumassessment.com
An Equal Opportunity Employer
We are dedicated to fostering a culture that celebrates unique backgrounds, ideas, and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.
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Psychometrician job description example 2
Trinity Health psychometrician job description
Administers and scores psychological tests used to assess psychological and neuropsychological disorders
**POSITION PURPOSE**
Administers and scores psychological tests used to assess psychological and neuropsychological disorders.
**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
Administers and score prescribed psychological and neuropsychological tests to referred patients in a standardized manner, to ensure accuracy and reliability of results and continuity across patients. Observes patient behavior during neuropsychological evaluation, records findings on patient performance and prepares written summaries describing behaviors characteristics relevant to diagnosis. Ensures timely generation and submission of accurate post-test reports for use by the Psychologist in making diagnosis and treatment recommendations. Maintains confidentiality and security of administered tests and test results, in accordance with defined standards of ethical practice. Adapts test and /or testing situation to individual patients based on independent assessments of patient's needs or condition. Communicates with patient and their families in order to prepare patients for testing, to explain test procedures and purpose (s), and to ensure patient comfort with the testing process. Maintains level of competence and expertise in new or improved testing techniques, instruments and methodologies, through continuing education programs and attendance at conferences/ seminars. Assists with collection and collation of research data as assigned. Maintains patient records and inventory of test materials Provides quality patient care considering age specific developmental and cultural needs through competent practice and application of the physical rehabilitation process.
**OTHER FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
_Performs other duties as assigned._
**REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE**
Education: Requires Bachelor's Degree in Psychology or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience. Masters Degree preferred.
Experience: More than six months on the job training or previous experience.
**REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES**
+ Knowledge of normal and abnormal human behaviors, psychological theories, psychometric testing and statistics.
+ Interpersonal skills necessary to interact effectively with learning impaired patients, their families, schools and community agency representatives when gathering patient's data, explaining testing procedures and allaying fears.
+ Ability to concentrate and pay close attention to details for up to eighty percent of work time when administering and scoring psychometric tests.
+ Ability to walk and stand up to ten percent of work time when walking to patient floors to obtain histories.
**Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion**
Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
**POSITION PURPOSE**
Administers and scores psychological tests used to assess psychological and neuropsychological disorders.
**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
Administers and score prescribed psychological and neuropsychological tests to referred patients in a standardized manner, to ensure accuracy and reliability of results and continuity across patients. Observes patient behavior during neuropsychological evaluation, records findings on patient performance and prepares written summaries describing behaviors characteristics relevant to diagnosis. Ensures timely generation and submission of accurate post-test reports for use by the Psychologist in making diagnosis and treatment recommendations. Maintains confidentiality and security of administered tests and test results, in accordance with defined standards of ethical practice. Adapts test and /or testing situation to individual patients based on independent assessments of patient's needs or condition. Communicates with patient and their families in order to prepare patients for testing, to explain test procedures and purpose (s), and to ensure patient comfort with the testing process. Maintains level of competence and expertise in new or improved testing techniques, instruments and methodologies, through continuing education programs and attendance at conferences/ seminars. Assists with collection and collation of research data as assigned. Maintains patient records and inventory of test materials Provides quality patient care considering age specific developmental and cultural needs through competent practice and application of the physical rehabilitation process.
**OTHER FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
_Performs other duties as assigned._
**REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE**
Education: Requires Bachelor's Degree in Psychology or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience. Masters Degree preferred.
Experience: More than six months on the job training or previous experience.
**REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES**
+ Knowledge of normal and abnormal human behaviors, psychological theories, psychometric testing and statistics.
+ Interpersonal skills necessary to interact effectively with learning impaired patients, their families, schools and community agency representatives when gathering patient's data, explaining testing procedures and allaying fears.
+ Ability to concentrate and pay close attention to details for up to eighty percent of work time when administering and scoring psychometric tests.
+ Ability to walk and stand up to ten percent of work time when walking to patient floors to obtain histories.
**Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion**
Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
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Psychometrician job description example 3
Educational Testing Service psychometrician job description
BASIC FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Plan, coordinate, and conduct the statistical work required for score reporting and data interpretation for multiple basic programs and/or segments of complex testing programs.
Develop score interpretation materials and testing program publications. Conduct and report on complex research. Work independently on most phases of statistical analysis. May provide guidance to less experienced psychometricians.
Complete statistical and research plans and review results for reasonableness and accuracy.
Independently identify program, research and measurement-related problems and opportunities and their psychometric implications.
Initiate discussions of the potential effects of changes in programs with appropriate staff; work to develop and implement long-range goals and plans for programs.
Assume primary responsibilities for designing, developing, and documenting technical and operating procedures and statistical guidelines for assigned programs.
Prepare technical reports for testing programs.
Propose, design, execute, and report on medium and large research projects.
Respond to requests for data and data interpretation from ETS officers, clients, and users.
Present results from analyses to address psychometric issues for staff, test committees, clients, and policy boards.
Coach and mentor staff, as appropriate.
Serve as a resource to Clients (Internal and External)
Participate in interviewing and training staff.
Identify process, product, and service improvements; areas for cost reduction; and ways to meet business goals.
Responsible for assigned projects, to including preparation of planning memorandum, monitoring expenses, delegating work, monitoring and reviewing work delegated, and coordination of work schedules and progress toward goals.
Make professional contributions through publications, research reports, seminars, and participation in professional organizations.
Contribute to research, development, and evaluation of new testing modes, item types, psychometric methods, and technology.
Proactively work toward more efficient processes, automation, reduced costs, greater customer satisfaction, and quality maintenance. Suggest process, product and service improvements, areas for cost reduction and ways to meet business goals.
EDUCATION
A Ph.D. in Educational Measurement, Quantitative Psychology, Statistics or a closely related field is required.
EXPERIENCE
Three years of increasingly responsible professional experience in educational measurement, quantitative psychology, engineering, or (applied) statistics are required.
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COVID-19 Requirements
ETS requires all new hires to either certify that they have been fully vaccinated or request and obtain an exemption due to medical or religious reasons by their start date.
EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer of Women and Minorities.
EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer of protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.
EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE is a Drug-free workplace.
Plan, coordinate, and conduct the statistical work required for score reporting and data interpretation for multiple basic programs and/or segments of complex testing programs.
Develop score interpretation materials and testing program publications. Conduct and report on complex research. Work independently on most phases of statistical analysis. May provide guidance to less experienced psychometricians.
Complete statistical and research plans and review results for reasonableness and accuracy.
Independently identify program, research and measurement-related problems and opportunities and their psychometric implications.
Initiate discussions of the potential effects of changes in programs with appropriate staff; work to develop and implement long-range goals and plans for programs.
Assume primary responsibilities for designing, developing, and documenting technical and operating procedures and statistical guidelines for assigned programs.
Prepare technical reports for testing programs.
Propose, design, execute, and report on medium and large research projects.
Respond to requests for data and data interpretation from ETS officers, clients, and users.
Present results from analyses to address psychometric issues for staff, test committees, clients, and policy boards.
Coach and mentor staff, as appropriate.
Serve as a resource to Clients (Internal and External)
Participate in interviewing and training staff.
Identify process, product, and service improvements; areas for cost reduction; and ways to meet business goals.
Responsible for assigned projects, to including preparation of planning memorandum, monitoring expenses, delegating work, monitoring and reviewing work delegated, and coordination of work schedules and progress toward goals.
Make professional contributions through publications, research reports, seminars, and participation in professional organizations.
Contribute to research, development, and evaluation of new testing modes, item types, psychometric methods, and technology.
Proactively work toward more efficient processes, automation, reduced costs, greater customer satisfaction, and quality maintenance. Suggest process, product and service improvements, areas for cost reduction and ways to meet business goals.
EDUCATION
A Ph.D. in Educational Measurement, Quantitative Psychology, Statistics or a closely related field is required.
EXPERIENCE
Three years of increasingly responsible professional experience in educational measurement, quantitative psychology, engineering, or (applied) statistics are required.
#LI-Hybrid
#LI-Remote
COVID-19 Requirements
ETS requires all new hires to either certify that they have been fully vaccinated or request and obtain an exemption due to medical or religious reasons by their start date.
EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer of Women and Minorities.
EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer of protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.
EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE is a Drug-free workplace.
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Updated March 14, 2024
Updated March 14, 2024