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Comments on Borsboom's Typology of Measurement Theoretic Variables and Michell's Assessment of Psychometrics as "Pathological Science"
Measurement (Mahwah, N.J.), Vol.6(1-2), pp.93-97
05/29/2008
Abstract
excerpt - There is a cloud of irony that looms over Denny Borsboom's contribution to the current volume. It draws the reader's attention to the many conceptual complexities with which latent variable modeling is fraught and yet also expresses surprise that more psychologists do not engage in latent variable analysis. Conceptually rich and responsive to the demand for rigorous philosophical and methodological investigation into the foundations of psychological measurement, Borsboom's piece leaves the reader thinking that it is no wonder psychologists do not use latent variable modeling “to get at least some grip on the relation between the data and the variables one intends to measure.” Nevertheless, his contribution is a valuable step forward in coming to an understanding of this relation.
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- Title
- Comments on Borsboom's Typology of Measurement Theoretic Variables and Michell's Assessment of Psychometrics as "Pathological Science"
- Publication Details
- Measurement (Mahwah, N.J.), Vol.6(1-2), pp.93-97
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Number of pages
- 5
- Identifiers
- 99380591613006600
- Academic Unit
- History and Philosophy; College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities
- Language
- English