Validating Psychological Constructs
Historical, Philosophical, and Practical Dimensions
Authors: Slaney, Kathleen
- 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
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This book critically examines the historical and philosophical foundations of construct validity theory (CVT), and how these have and continue to inform and constrain the conceptualization of validity and its application in research. CVT has had an immense impact on how researchers in the behavioural sciences conceptualize and approach their subject matter. Yet, there is equivocation regarding the foundations of the CVT framework as well as ambiguities concerning the nature of the “constructs” that are its raison d’etre. The book is organized in terms of three major parts that speak, respectively, to the historical, philosophical, and pragmatic dimensions of CVT. The primary objective is to provide researchers and students with a critical lens through which a deeper understanding may be gained of both the utility and limitations of CVT and the validation practices to which it has given rise.
- About the authors
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Kathleen Slaney is Associate Professor of Psychology at Simon Fraser University, Canada. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and a co-editor of A Wittgensteinian Perspective on the Use of Conceptual Analysis in Psychology (2013) and The Wiley Handbook of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology (2015).
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“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)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Validating Psychological Constructs
- Book Subtitle
- Historical, Philosophical, and Practical Dimensions
- Authors
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- Kathleen Slaney
- Series Title
- Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-137-38523-9
- DOI
- 10.1057/978-1-137-38523-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-137-38522-2
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 308
- Number of Illustrations and Tables
- 1 b/w illustrations
- Topics
