ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an updated review of key issues in psychological assessment, especially as they relate to sport assessments. It discusses how the term psychometrics is used inappropriately and should be tethered to the broader umbrella term psychological assessment. Test use in sport psychology practice can certainly be controversial. The widely discussed credulous versus skeptical debate regarding the efficacy of psychological test use in sport psychology had a significant effect on the field. Despite fundamental differences between the terms psychological assessment and psychometric assessment, they are often used interchangeably to the point where the essential and defining differences have become blurred. Technology will continue to drive innovation and rapid change in psychological assessment. Fallaw and Kantrowitz in reporting global assessments trends found that 81% of companies surveyed use online testing rather than pencil and paper testing and mobile devices are becoming the preferred device for test-takers.
