You Can't Judge a Measure by Its Label: Teaching the Process of Instrumentation.

Brockway, Jennifer Howard; Bryant, Fred B.

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Publication Date: 1998

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You Can't Judge a Measure by Its Label: Teaching the Process of Instrumentation.

Brockway, Jennifer Howard; Bryant, Fred B.

Teaching of Psychology, v25 n2 p121-23 1998

Profiles a class exercise that teaches the importance of developing an accurate definition of a psychological construct (guilt, control, altruism). The more precise the definition, the easier it is to choose an appropriate technique to measure that construct. Discusses the Health and Psychosocial Instrument File, a recent measurement database. (MJP)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Critical Thinking, Definitions, Epistemology, Evaluation Methods, Evaluative Thinking, Fundamental Concepts, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing, Instrumentation, Measurement Techniques, Psychology, Student Research, Thinking Skills, Vocabulary

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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