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Calibration in psychology - how does it work?

As behavioural scientists, we often seek to measure what happens in a person's mind. What is the best way of taking that measurement?
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Dominik Bach
Principal Research Fellow, University College London
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Calibrating the experimental measurement of psychological attributes - Nature Human Behaviour

How can we determine the best way of measuring a psychological construct? Bach et al. propose a ‘retrodictive validity’ approach, in which candidate methods are ranked based on their sensitivity to detect known effects, with the most sensitive then being favoured for use in novel scenarios.

This primer video accompanies the blogpost: Measuring cognitive variables: simple answers for thorny questions

Reference: Bach DR, Melinščak F, Fleming SM, Voelkle M (2020). Calibrating the experimental measurement of psychological attributes. Nature Human Behaviour, in press.

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