Method effects and the meaning of measurement [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2013 Although the idea of a method effect in psychological measurement seems intuitively straightforward—that is, it is said to occur when any characteristic of a measurement procedure contributes variance to scores beyond what is attributable to variance in ...
Andrew eMaul
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Sophisticated Statistics Cannot Compensate for Method Effects If Quantifiable Structure Is Compromised [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Researchers rely on psychometric principles when trying to gain understanding of unobservable psychological phenomena disconfounded from the methods used.
Damian P. Birney +3 more
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Conceptualizing Correlated Residuals as Item-Level Method Effects in Confirmatory Factor Analysis. [PDF]
Educ Psychol Meas, 2023 Conceptualizing two-variable disturbances preventing good model fit in confirmatory factor analysis as item-level method effects instead of correlated residuals avoids violating the principle that residual variation is unique for each item.
Schweizer K +3 more
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The Scoring Challenge of Emotional Intelligence Ability Tests: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis Approach to Model Substantive and Method Effects Using Raw Item Scores [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 The internal structure of ability emotional intelligence (EI) tests at item level has been hardly studied, and if studied often the predicted structure did not show.
Veerle E. I. Huyghe +2 more
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Is It Biased? Empirical Analysis of Various Phenomena That Affect Survey Results
Revija za Sociologiju, 2021 It is often assumed that survey results reflect only the quality of the sample and the underlying measuring instruments used in the survey. However, various phenomena can affect the results, but these influences are often neglected when conducting ...
Luka Mandić, Ksenija Klasnić
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Validation of the Tinnitus Acceptance Questionnaire: Japanese Version
Audiology Research, 2022 This study aimed to develop and validate a Japanese version of the Tinnitus Acceptance Questionnaire (TAQ), an instrument that measures the process of intentional acceptance of adverse experiences associated with tinnitus.
So Takabatake +7 more
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Not All Computational Methods Are Effective Methods [PDF]
Philosophies, 2022 An effective method is a computational method that might, in principle, be executed by a human. In this paper, I argue that there are methods for computing that are not effective methods. The examples I consider are taken primarily from quantum computing, but these are only meant to be illustrative of a much wider class.
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A Comparative Study of Ionospheric Correction on SAR Interferometry—A Case Study of L’Aquila Earthquake [PDF]
Journal of Geodesy and Geoinformation Science, 2022 Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (InSAR) has shown its potential on seismic deformation monitoring since it can achieve the accuracy of centimeter level or even the millimeter level.
Yufang HE,Wu ZHU,Yang LEI,Qin ZHANG,Zhenhong LI
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The Validity and Reliability of the Short Form of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire in Japan
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 BackgroundA brief measure of dispositional mindfulness is important for applied research on mindfulness. Although short forms of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), which measures the five aspects of mindfulness (i.e., observing, describing,
Toru Takahashi +5 more
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Research progress on extraction,pharmacological effects and microencapsulation of peppermint oil
Shipin yu jixie, 2022 In this paper, the research progress of peppermint oil at home and abroad in recent years was summarized from the aspects of extraction, pharmacological action and preparation method of microcapsule, and the new microcapsule technology is the follow-up ...
SHAO Pei +4 more
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