Robert L. Thorndike
American psychometrician and educational psychologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert Ladd Thorndike[1] (September 22, 1910 – September 21, 1990) was an American psychometrician and educational psychologist who made significant contributions to the analysis of reliability, the interpretation of error, cognitive ability, and the design and analysis of comparative surveys of achievement test performance of students in various countries.[2]
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Robert Ladd Thorndike | |
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Born | (1910-09-22)September 22, 1910 |
Died | September 21, 1990(1990-09-21) (aged 79) |
Children | Robert M. Thorndike |
Parent | Edward Thorndike (father) |
Awards | E. L. Thorndike Award (1971) |
Academic background | |
Education | Wesleyan University Columbia University |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Columbia University |
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