Intelligence

Explains factor analysis and the construction of intelligence tests, showing how the resulting factors provide a picture of human abilities. The author shows the value of such tests, answering critics, and assessing work in the cognitive field.

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The psychometry of intelligence is one of psychology's great achievements yet it is poorly understood. Paul Kline's book provides an introduction to the subject, and provides an acount of the psychometric view of intelligence. Professor Kline explains factor analysis and the construction of intelligence tests and shows how the resulting factors provide a picture of human abilities. He shows the value of such tests in both applied and theoretical psychology and in so doing answers the critics of intelligence testing. It deals with the factorial view yet includes modern work in the cognitive field.