Meaningful measurement requires substantive formal theory
Faculty/Professorship: | Foundations in Education |
Author(s): | Borgstede, Matthias ![]() |
Title of the Journal: | Theory & Psychology |
ISSN: | 1461-7447, 0959-3543 |
Publisher Information: | Thousand Oaks, Kalifornien, USA; München : Sage Publications; GBI-Genios Deutsche Wirtschaftsdatenbank GmbH |
Year of publication: | 2023 |
Volume: | 33 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 153-159 |
Language(s): | English |
DOI: | 10.1177/09593543221139811 |
Abstract: | In this article, we take the opportunity to elaborate on some aspects of our article “Squaring the Circle: From Latent Variables to Theory-Based Measurement” (Borgstede & Eggert, 2023) that gave rise to the concerns uttered by Hasselman (2023) and Slaney (2023), and to clarify why we think that theory-based measurement is indeed necessary and sufficient for the establishment of meaningful psychological measurement procedures. Moreover, we will illustrate how theory-based measurement might be accomplished in psychology by means of an example from behavioral selection theory. |
GND Keywords: | Forschungsmethode; Psychologie |
Keywords: | covariance based law of effect, formal theory, measurement in psychology, multilevel model of behavioral selection, theory-based measurement |
DDC Classification: | 150 Psychology |
RVK Classification: | CM 3000 |
Peer Reviewed: | Ja |
International Distribution: | Ja |
Type: | Article |
URI: | https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/58274 |
Release Date: | 10. February 2023 |
Project: | Open-Access-Publikationskosten 2022 - 2024 |

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