Reviews
- Jacqueline P. Leighton (2008), "Measuring the mind: Conceptual issues in contemporary psychometrics, by Borsboom, D", Journal of Educational Measurement 45 (1): 91–94, doi:10.1111/j.1745-3984.2007.00053_1.x (Pay-per-view. First page displayed free).
- "The six chapters of the book reflect an impressive interplay between philosophy of science, measurement, and mathematics. Consequently, readers who enjoy probing the why behind how we think about true scores, latent variables, scales, relations between models, and ultimately validity will, I think, relish the contents of the book."
- Ramin Mojtabai (2006), "Book review", Psychological Medicine (Cambridge University Press) 36: 131–133, doi:10.1017/S0033291705236814 (Pay-per-view. Doi link may not work).
- "Overall, this is a well-written and well-argued book and theoretically minded psychometricians will find it of interest. While reading the book, I often found myself arguing with the author and, at the end I came away with more questions than answers. For me, these are the hallmarks of a good book."
- Joel Michell (2008), "Theory & Psychology", Theory & Psychology 18: 135, doi:10.1177/09593543080180010102 (Pay-per-view).
- "Psychometrics is an important sub-discipline. It not only sustains a significant psycho-technology, it also leads social science on its Pythagorean quest. It is therefore strange that, unlike behaviourism or psychoanalysis, it has eluded critical, conceptual scrutiny. Perhaps its foundations seemed secure. This book scuttles that illusion and deftly exposes its soft underbelly."
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