Psychological tests from a (fuzzy-)logical point of view
Faculty/Professorship: | Foundations in Education |
Author(s): | Borgstede, Matthias ![]() |
Publisher Information: | Bamberg : Otto-Friedrich-Universität |
Year of publication: | 2020 |
Pages: | 19 |
Source/Other editions: | Quality & quantity : international journal of methodology, 50 (2016) 6, S. 2395–2416. |
is version of: | 10.1007/s11135-015-0268-z |
Year of first publication: | 2015 |
Language(s): | English |
DOI: | 10.20378/irb-47241 |
Licence: | Creative Commons - CC BY-NC-ND - Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivatives 4.0 International |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:473-irb-472419 |
Abstract: | Psychometric theory relies on two basic assumptions: (a) psychological constructs refer to latent (unobservable) variables and (b) psychological tests serve as a way to measure these constructs. This view is complemented by an alternative interpretation of psychological constructs, which neither relies on latent variables nor on the concept of measurement. Using the formal apparatus of many-valued logic, psychological constructs are re-interpreted as linguistic concepts (rather than latent variables), which can be inferred by means of logical calculus (as opposed to measurement). Thus, test scores do not refer to the values of latent variables, but to the degree to which the necessary and sufficient conditions for the ascription of a construct are fulfilled. Following this rationale, a formal theory of psychological tests is developed, which models the process of testing as logical inference. Applying the derived procedures, a person’s testing behaviour yields the degree to which a construct describes her adequately. |
GND Keywords: | Test; Konstrukt; Psychometrie; Latente Variable; Mehrwertige Logik |
Keywords: | Psychometrics, Psychological constructs, Psychological tests, Latent variables, Many-valued logic, Fuzzy logic |
DDC Classification: | 150 Psychology |
RVK Classification: | CM 3000 |
Peer Reviewed: | Ja |
International Distribution: | Ja |
Type: | Article |
URI: | https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/47241 |
Release Date: | 27. February 2020 |
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