'The Role of the Unit in Physics and Psychometrics': Rejoinder

摘要

The commentaries covered a range of important considerations and implications. Given that I fully agree with the majority of the content, attention will be confined mainly to points that call for a response and elaboration, drawing on various commentaries where appropriate. In their commentaries, Barrett and Zand Scholten, Maris, and Borsboom present criticisms of the work. It is encouraging to see that other commentators carefully considered the most fundamental matters that were raised within the critical commentaries. Stenner and Burdick articulates the broad context within which we may consider criticisms and responses when the commentary states: "The last 50 years of human and social science measurement theory and practice has witnessed a steady retreat from physical science as the canonical model." It seems the gulf between metrology and psychometrics is substantial; indeed there is virtually complete separation.