The cat came back: Evaluating arguments against psychological measurement

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 452-466

  Markus, Keith A ^a   Borsboom, Denny ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

measurement; philosophy of science; psychometrics; quantity; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864021964     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: 14617447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354310381155     Document Type: Article

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