Overview
- Explores the history and development of construct validity theory (CVT) in relation to the broader domain of psychological measurement
- Critically examines CVT in a broader context
- Brings together historical, philosophical, and pragmatic dimensions of CVT in a single work
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology (PSTHP)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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The Historical Dimension of Construct Validity
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The Philosophical Dimension of Construct Validity
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The Pragmatic Dimension of Construct Validity
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“Slaney’s Validation Psychological Constructs is an impressive and long-overdue monograph on a central and implicit aspect of psychology’s methodological metaphysics. … This book is well worth the price and portions of it could easily be used for upper-year undergraduate and graduate classes, as well as lab readings for stimulating some overdue reflections.” (Ian James Davidson, Psychometrika, Vol. 83, 2018)
“The author does a great job of developing the historical, philosophical, and practical aspects of Construct Validity Theory. This book will give the reader a more substantial basis for understanding the importance of psychological testing and how to better use these important tools. The text is written at a level that would be accessible to professionals, graduate students, and even advanced undergraduates. I would certainly use this book as supplemental reading to my course in psychological assessment.” (Karl N. Kelley, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 62 (51), December, 2017)
“In this work, Kathleen Slaney uses careful historical scholarship and penetrating conceptual analysis to bring desperately needed clarity to the treatment of an often-invoked but poorly understood topic in psychological research, the notion of construct validity. The work is essential reading for anyone aspiring to command of this topic.” (James T. Lamiell, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Georgetown University, USA)Authors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Validating Psychological Constructs
Book Subtitle: Historical, Philosophical, and Practical Dimensions
Authors: Kathleen Slaney
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-38523-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-38522-2Published: 28 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-67805-1Published: 21 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-38523-9Published: 20 July 2017
Series ISSN: 2946-2452
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2460
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 308
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Experimental Psychology, Psychological Methods/Evaluation, Popular Science in Psychology, History of Psychology, Psychology Research, Psychometrics