Denny Borsboom (born November 9, 1973) is a Dutch psychologist and psychometrician. He has been a professor of psychology at the

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since 2013. His work has included applying

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to the study of

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s and their symptoms. In 2018 he presented the

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at the

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Books

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Measuring the Mind ''Measuring the Mind: Conceptual Issues in Contemporary Psychometrics'' is a book by Dutch academic Denny Borsboom, Assistant Professor of Psychological Methods at the University of Amsterdam, at time of publication. The book discusses the extent ...

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, 2005).

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