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TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurement practices exacerbate the generalizability crisis
T2 - Novel digital measures can help
AU - Davidson, Brittany
AU - Ellis, David
AU - Stachl, Clemens
AU - Taylor, Paul
AU - Joinson, Adam
N1 - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain-sciences/article/abs/measurement-practices-exacerbate-the-generalizability-crisis-novel-digital-measures-can-help/057CCCE8C3F8DB123DC2AB2543C9375D The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45, pp E10 2022, © 2022 Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2022/2/28
Y1 - 2022/2/28
N2 - Psychology’s tendency to focus on confirmatory analyses before ensuring constructs are clearly defined and accurately measured is exacerbating the generalizability crisis. Our growing use of digital behaviors as predictors has revealed the fragility of subjective measures and the latent constructs they scaffold. However, new technologies can provide opportunities to improve conceptualizations, theories, and measurement practices.
AB - Psychology’s tendency to focus on confirmatory analyses before ensuring constructs are clearly defined and accurately measured is exacerbating the generalizability crisis. Our growing use of digital behaviors as predictors has revealed the fragility of subjective measures and the latent constructs they scaffold. However, new technologies can provide opportunities to improve conceptualizations, theories, and measurement practices.
U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X21000534
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X21000534
M3 - Journal article
VL - 45
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
SN - 0140-525X
M1 - e10
ER -