Representation and explanation in psychometric modeling

Authors
Publication date 2017
Host editors
  • K.S. Kendler
  • J. Parnas
Book title Philosophical Issues in Psychiatry IV
Book subtitle Classification of psychiatric illness
ISBN
  • 9780198796022
Series International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry
Pages (from-to) 45-50
Publisher Oxford: Oxford University Press
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Psychology Research Institute (PsyRes)
Abstract This chapter presents a commentary on representation and explanation in psychometric modelling, as discussed in the previous chapter. It explores Turkheimer’s arguments that standard psychometric techniques involve assumptions, conventions, and definitions that introduce an arbitrary component into the models used.
Document type Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198796022.003.0006
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