When a Psychometric Advance Falls in the Forest |
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Authors: | Lee Anna Clark |
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Institution: | (1) University of Iowa, Iowa |
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Abstract: | Borsboom (2006) attacks psychologists for failing to incorporate psychometric advances in their work, discusses factors that
contribute to this regrettable situation, and offers suggestions for ameliorating it. This commentary applauds Borsboom for
calling the field to task on this issue and notes additional problems in the field regarding measurement that he could add
to his critique. It also chastises Borsboom for occasionally being unnecessarily perjorative in his critique, noting that
negative rhetoric is unlikely to make converts of offenders. Finally, it exhorts psychometricians to make their work more
accessible and points to Borsboom, Mellenbergh, and Van Heerden (2003) as an excellent example of how this can be done.
I wish to thank Frank Schmidt for his help in preparing this paper. Requests for reprints should be sent to la-clark@uiowa.edu. |
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Keywords: | psychometrics psychological measurement construct validity critique |
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