Psychometrika is the official journal of the Psychometric Society, a professional body dedicated to psychometrics and quantitative psychology.

The journal focuses on quantitative methods for the measurement and evaluation of human behavior, including statistical methods and other mathematical techniques.

[1] Past editors include Marion Richardson, Dorothy Adkins, Norman Cliff, and Willem J. Heiser.

[2] In 1935, LL Thurstone, EL Thorndike and JP Guilford founded Psychometrika and also the Psychometric Society.

The current editor of the journal is Sandip Sinharay of Educational Testing Service.