title: A Creation Narrative for the Psychometric Society and Psychometrika: In the Beginning There Was Paul Horst.
abstract: A review is provided for the creation of the Psychometric Society in 1935, and the establishment of its journal, Psychometrika, in 1936. This document is part of the 80th anniversary celebration for Psychometrika's founding, held during the annual meeting of the Psychometric Society in July of 2016 in Asheville, NC.
authors.affiliation: Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. heiser@fsw.leidenuniv.nl.
authors.forename: Willem
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Heiser
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois, Champaign, USA.
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hubert
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000266:history*; D012958:Societies, Scientific / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States
keywords: Journal of Educational Psychology; Psychometric Corporation; blind reviewing; principal components