Measuring Constructs

2025/05/01 by Rick H. Hoyle, Denny Borsboom, Louis Tay · 1 voice
Psychology · #Cognitive and psychological constructs research #Behavioral and Psychological Studies #Behavioral Health and Interventions

paper · doi:10.70400/ouqf7656

openalex publication_date 2025/05/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/26

Abstract

Reliable and accurate measurement of well-delineated constructs is essential for rigorous and replicable research in social psychology, regardless of the research question, research design, method of data collection, or data analytic strategy.

Discussions

• But measurement is so much more than statistics or model fit. It opens the door to deep philosophical questions about what our constructs really are and how we should understand the things we study. [bsky, 0 points, 1 comments]

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