What I meant was psychometrics but I guess that's not the same thing as quantitative psychology. However, there are some people out there who use the two terms interchangably? I am confused as well. :-)

http://www.apa.org/monitor/sep05/quantitative.html

Thanks for the replies everyone. So what I gather is 35 is not a terrible age to start.

The reason I want to change to psych is the horrible math prerequisites for econ PhD's and I'm not sure I want to work on money and business. If i did an econ PhD I would probably want to do "alternative economic systems" but I don't think there's any job-market for that. What do you think? If I have to do a master's anyway for psych, maybe I can complete my math requirements in one/two years and apply for Econ, although Econ is very very competitive as well.

I have read in a few places that there's a lot of demand for quant psychologists and not enough supply. From what I have read it seems like quant psychologists are mostly prepared to become test-makers. Is that true? Are you pretty much stuck with the testing industry?

Thanks a lot for all the feedback in advance.

Hello,

I'm 35, at a dead end job and I'm thinking I should have gone to academia in the first place. I don't have any research or book published yet and I have a BA in Econ/Int. Studies.

I'm thinking of starting a Quantitative Psychology PhD.

Am I too old? Will i have any chance to get a job after I graduate?

If you could impart any wisdom that'd be great.

Thanks a ton.