The "One, but not the same" results that we detected in English speakers (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-021-01739-5) replicated 6 times in Lithuanian speakers (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2023.105545).

When people read about morally altered people being "different, they [thought] the person [wa]s qualitatively transformed, but numerically intact."

#ExperimentalPhilosophy #xPhi #Philosophy #PhilMind #PersonalIdentity #QuantPsych #DecisionScience #CogSci #psychometrics #Linguistics #CrossCulturalResearch 

Does #curiosity refer to just one thing?

There seem to be two (related) notions:

Curiosity1: goal-directed information seeking — e.g., following a string of citations to find the source of a particular claim.

Curiosity2: exploratory information seeking — e.g., watching whatever explainer video is recommended next, even if it’s about a different question or topic.

Metcalfe & Jacobs: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003009351-6

#Psychology #PhilMind #PhilSci #Measurement #Psychometrics

Our cross-cultural research on 'Problematic Overstudying' has just been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. Thanks to all my colleagues for the collaboration.

Full paper to be available soon from here: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-023-01128-5

#Psychology #Addiction #Studying #Psychometrics #BSTAS

Although implausible beliefs correlated with fewer correct answers and more lured/intuitive answers on a reflection test,

believers were slower on the reflection test and the proportion of their incorrect responses that were lured was similar to non-believers.🤔

Consistent wit Byrd et al. 2023, authors conclude believers' “Poorer overall CRT performance may not necessarily indicate …more reflexive, intuitive” thinking.

https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-023-02321-2

#CogSci #Psychology #Epistemology #Psychometrics

Does reflective thinking predict #physics question performance above and beyond understanding physics concepts?

This dissertation found two physics problems in which performance was predicted by reflection test performance, even when controlling for performance on related problems (among about 80 physics students).

Choices of 3 of the 5 "groups [were] predicted through the application of [#dualProcessTheories of reasoning]":

https://www.proquest.com/docview/2825344037/abstract/ECD9BC6051654C1DPQ/1

#decisionScience #edu #psychometrics

Will #AI bring a bright or dark future to psychological assessment? The inspiring keynote by
Clemens Stachl (held at http://ressyn-bigdata.org) is now available in the Leibniz Insitute for Psychology's media center: https://zpid.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=664c7977-5fb0-473b-be35-b0270096dc6b

Clemens Stachl discusses how #BigData and #MachineLearning learning continue to change #psychometrics and #psychology more broadly.

Psychometrics call for help!

A couple of months ago I asked for advice on the following question: does content validity have a shelf-life and need renewal? Thread with responses here:

https://fediscience.org/@TomJewell/110139750432386416

In the submitted paper, we argued that we cannot assume measures developed decades ago 'retain' content validity, nor that they are valid across cultures.

A reviewer liked this content and now wants MORE discussion.

Any suggestions, @jrboehnke or others?

#psychometrics
#validity

New CRAN version of #rstats pkg psychotools

Some small bug fixes and better handling of edge cases in various IRT models #psychometrics

https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=psychotools

I am extremely proud of Laura Maldonado-Murciano who has brilliantly defended her PhD thesis today at the University of Barcelona. Laura has been an inspiring and talented PhD student who loves the challenges of psychometrics and the field of Gaming Disorder. Well done Dr. Laura Maldonado-Murciano!

#PhD #Psychology #GamingDisorder #Psychometrics #Addiction

Our latest study on #gamingdisorder has just been published in the Asian Journal of Psychiatry. Thanks to my colleagues for another collaboration.

#psychology #research #addiction #psychometrics

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103638

"Game-Based Assessment of Creative Thinking"

Exciting new suite for testing human creative potential, involving AI based assessment.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10400419.2023.2198845?src=

#Assessment #Creativity #Psychometrics #Psychology

If you are reading this toot and is at #NCME2023, drop me a DM. Happy to chat about Diagnostic Classification Models(DCMs/CDMs), Bayesian Networks, and Classroom Assessments!

#NCME #EdPsych #psychometrics #assessments #QuantPsych

Calling #psychometrics #dons 😂

Can you suggest readings that deal with the question of #validity and time? As in: does the validity of a measure have a shelf-life?

To my mind, a measures of (say) family interaction developed 40 years ago cannot be assumed to have remained valid. So validity evidence needs renewal, right?

I found some discussion of these issues here:
https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550617693063

Any other suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance!

A new four-factor "Intuitive-Analytic" thinking scale outpredicts variance in allegedly single-construct measures like Need For Cognition or Congitive Reflection Test?

Christie Newton et al. conclude that "classifying people as “intuitive” or “reflective” (absent further specification) is an oversimplification [and] using single-dimension measures, such as [NFC] or the CRT...may lead to incorrect conclusions..."

https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231154886

#CogSci #Psychometrics #Religion #Ethics #DecisionScience

New preprint: Our psychometric analysis of the Swedish version of the Perceived Stress Scale shows significant issues with dimensionality (for all versions), which affects how the scale should be used. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2699284/v1

We have also made the dataset, analysis code (in R) and full analysis documentation freely available: https://doi.org/10.17605/osf.io/txvw2

#openscience #opendata #research #stress #psychometrics #rasch

Dear Researchers,
1. At least how many items are needed to reflect one construct?
2. Research says at least 4 items are needed. But one item is also used in some studies?
3. If the internal consistency (alpha) is low among the items for one variable, for example less than .70, should I change the items?
I would appreciate your help!
#research #psychometrics #variable

#psychometrics folks: On the IPIP website there's this entry for social desirability bias - but I cannot find a reference or justification for it at all - closest I can find is Edwards (1984) who showed positive correlations between desirability and probability of endorsement of an adjective. I can see the logic but would like a reference/ justification!

AMP has just published!
"European Portuguese Version of the Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory-Short Form: Validation Study"

Original Article by Maria Inês Clara, Kevin Stein, Maria Cristina Canavarro and Ana Allen Gomes – A multicenter work.

Click here for the full paper:
https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/18797

#chronicdisease #fatigue #neoplasms #Portugal #psychometrics

@flourn0 Thanks! Most are made using my #rstats package for #Rasch #psychometrics with #quartopub to enable analysis code and documentation in the same document. https://pgmj.github.io/raschrvignette/RaschRvign.html

Last week "Quality of Life Research" #ISOQOL published 7 articles:
https://link.springer.com/journal/11136/online-first

For example:

#Psychometrics and population reference values for the Hungarian PROMIS-29+2:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11136-023-03364-7

Estimating meaningful thresholds for multi-item questionnaires using #IRT:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11136-023-03355-8

And to continue previous week's reading on #UTI, a #SysReview of Patient-reported outcome measures:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11136-023-03358-5

#HRQL