title: Psychometrics, Volume 26 (Handbook of Statistics)
author: C.R. Rao
description: Professor C. R. Rao, born in India, is one of this century's foremost statisticians, and received his education in statistics at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Calcutta. He is Emeritus Holder of the Eberly Family Chair in Statistics at Penn State and Director of the Center for Multivariate Analysis. He has long been recognized as one of the world's top statisticians, and has been awarded 34 honorary doctorates from universities in 19 countries spanning 6 continents. His research has influenced not only statistics, but also the physical, social and natural sciences and engineering.
zlib_text: **Psychometrics**
  
  Second Edition
  
  > >  _Michael Furr dedicates this book to his Mother and Father._  
  >  _Verne Bacharach dedicates this book to his children,_  
  >  _Leigh, Sam, and Will, and to their Mothers._
  
   **Psychometrics**
  
  An Introduction
  
  Second Edition
  
  R. Michael Furr
  
   _Wake Forest University_
  
  Verne R. Bacharach
  
   _Appalachian State University_
  
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