Psychometric describes tools that try to measure the mind with numbers: how well you reason, how you feel, what you are like at work. A psychometric test is not a school exam about facts in a book. It is a designed set of questions or tasks, and people treat the score as a picture of ability or personality.

Psychometric心理計量的（psychometric） describes tools that try to measure the mind with numbers形容的是想用數字來測量心智的工具：how well you reason你的推理能力如何，how you feel你的感受如何，what you are like at work你在工作上的表現是什麼樣子。A psychometric test一個 psychometric test（心理計量測驗） is not a school exam about facts in a book不是那種考書本知識的學校考試。It它 is a designed set of questions or tasks是一套設計過的題目或任務，and people treat the score as a picture of ability or personality大家會把分數當成能力或人格的一幅畫像來看。

Companies use these tests when they hire; psychologists use them in research. The word is formal — science and HR, not chatting with friends.

Companies公司 use these tests when they hire招募的時候會用這些測驗；psychologists而心理學家 use them in research則會在研究裡用它們。The word這個字 is formal很正式——science and HR屬於科學和人資的場合，not chatting with friends不是跟朋友聊天用的。

Though actually, a quiz in a magazine is not automatically psychometric; a serious tool has been checked so the numbers mean something stable. People sometimes stretch the word to any “clever” personality quiz. As a noun, psychometrics is the science of making those measurements.

Though actually不過其實，a quiz in a magazine雜誌上的一份小測驗 is not automatically psychometric不會自動就算是 psychometric；a serious tool一個正經的工具 has been checked so the numbers mean something stable是經過檢驗的，這樣數字才有穩定的意義。People大家 sometimes stretch the word to any "clever" personality quiz有時候會把這個字用得很寬，套到任何看起來「聰明」的性格小測驗上。As a noun當名詞用的時候，psychometrics is the science of making those measurements psychometrics 就是做這些測量的那門科學。