Psychological Measurement and Methodological Realism.

Within the context of psychological measurement, realist commitments pervade methodology. Further, there are instances where particular scientific practices and decisions are explicable most plausibly against a background assumption of epistemic realism. That psychometrics is a realist enterprise pr...

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Published in:	Erkenntnis Vol. 78; no. 4; pp. 739 - 762
Main Author:	Hood, S.
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Aug2013
Subjects:	Psychometrics Gould, Stephen Jay, 1941-2002 Michell, Joel Realism Item response theory Evidence
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