中華心理學刊 民 90，43 卷，1 期，1-9
Chinese Journal of Psychology 2001, Vol.43, No.1, 1-9

劉長萱（中央研究院統計科學研究所） 

摘要

本文主要介紹一些新興及持續發展的心理計量硏究課題；這些專屬課題的間題產生背景和心理及其相關研究領域有密切的關聯，且目前仍由心理計量的專業人員在負責推動及維繫這些課題的蓬勃發展。這些特殊領域可以適當說明心理計量學的獨特性及重要性。本文進一步藉由應用實例說明計量方法對心理學研究的貢獻，最後並建議心理計量方法未來的發展及研究重點。

關鍵詞：計量方法、資訊科技丶不完整資料

QUANTITATIVE FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Michelle Liou（Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica）

Abstract

This article provide a summary for statistical and computational methods that have been designed and developed via addressing issues or solving problems directly relevant to psychological research. The topics include: (a) Theory of psychological measurement (classical and item response theories), (b) Causal inference (continuous and discrete data analyses), (c) Hierarchical data analysis (general and Bayesian approaches), (d) Exact test (randomization and population models), (e) Bayesian network, (f) Social network, and (g) Multidimensional scaling. With a few examples, this article illustrates how the quantitative methods when properly used promote wonderful discoveries in psychology. The examples also support the uniqueness and importance of quantitative methods for psychological research. Finally. the article suggests a few important issues (i.e., incomplete-data collection and analyses, and an integration of statistics and informatics) for studies on quantitative methods in the future.

Keywords：Quantitative methods、Information technology、Incomplete data