Philip Marcus Levy
Philip Marcus Levy | |
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| Born | Philip Marcus Levy 1934 University of Lancaster |
| Thesis | A study of interests: with particular reference to psychometric problems and methods (1960) |
Philip Marcus Levy (1934 โ 2011) was a British psychologist who specialised in the field of mathematical psychology.
Life
Phil Levy was born in 1934 in
He was active in the British Psychological Society and edited the British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology. He was elected president of the society in 1978. In his presidential address he called on psychologists to reflect on the assumptions underlying the science. As he said: I feel that we have a simplified view of science, perhaps due - for understandable sociohistorical reasons - for our anxious desire to receive the accolade of being 'scientific' [...] I believe that science is much more a matter of social exchange than many of us are prepared to admit.[3]
Work
His expertise was in mathematical and statistical psychology. He was an expert in the construction of tests in education and training.[4]
Awards
- 1977-1978 - President, British Psychological Society
References
- ^ Morris, P. (2011). "Obituary - Philip Marcus Levy". The Psychologist. 24 (327).
- ^ Goldstein, Harvey. "Professor Phil Levy". The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ Levy, Philip (1981). "On the relation between method and substance in psychology". Bulletin of the British Psychological Society. 34: 265โ270.
- ^ "Obituary - Philip Levy". The Times. Retrieved 3 August 2020.