Louis Thurstone

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Louis Thurstone was an American psychologist and psychometrician best known for developing the theory of primary mental abilities and pioneering modern factor analysis in intelligence research.

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instanceOf human
psychometrician
awardReceived Gold Medal Award of the American Psychological Foundation NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1887-05-29
dateOfDeath 1955-09-29
developed Thurstone scale for attitude measurement NERFINISHED
multiple-factor theory of intelligence
primary mental abilities tests
educatedAt Cornell University
University of Chicago
employer University of Chicago
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NERFINISHED
familyName Thurstone NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork educational psychology
factor analysis
intelligence research
psychology
psychometrics
givenName Louis NERFINISHED
influenced intelligence testing
psychometric theory
knownFor Thurstone scale NERFINISHED
multiple-factor analysis
pioneering modern factor analysis in intelligence research
theory of primary mental abilities
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Psychological Association NERFINISHED
middleName Leon NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage English
notableWork Primary Mental Abilities NERFINISHED
The Vectors of Mind NERFINISHED
occupation psychologist
university teacher
placeOfBirth Chicago NERFINISHED
Illinois NERFINISHED
United States of America
placeOfDeath Chapel Hill NERFINISHED
North Carolina NERFINISHED
United States of America
sexOrGender male
spouse Thelma Gwinn Thurstone NERFINISHED

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Charles Spearman influenced Louis Thurstone