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Kognitywistyczne spojrzenie na skale psychometryczne: kiedy trudne jest łatwiejsze od łatwego

Publication date: 15.12.2011

Yearbook of Cognitive Science, 2010, Volume 4, pp. 81 - 86

Authors

Maciej Górkiewicz
Department of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
Collegium Medicum Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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Kognitywistyczne spojrzenie na skale psychometryczne: kiedy trudne jest łatwiejsze od łatwego

Abstract

The Cognitive Approach Towards Psychometric Scales: When Difficult is Easier than Easy

Psychometric scales are used in situations in which a certain feature of the tested person cannot be measured directly, but can be estimated (as a so-called hidden – or implicit – construct or variable) on the basis of the answers to the questions (items) on a scale. The cognitive approach enables us to have a more profound insight into the psychometric measurement process which is in fact a complex process of communication between people involved in the measurement. It does not require abandoning the standard statistical methods, including Rasch procedures based on the IRT psychometric measurement theory (Item Response Theory), but enables statistics to again perform its proper role of a tool used to confirm the validity of the conclusions of the psychological examination.

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Information: Yearbook of Cognitive Science, 2010, Volume 4, pp. 81 - 86

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Kognitywistyczne spojrzenie na skale psychometryczne: kiedy trudne jest łatwiejsze od łatwego

English:

Kognitywistyczne spojrzenie na skale psychometryczne: kiedy trudne jest łatwiejsze od łatwego

Authors

Department of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland

Collegium Medicum Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

Published at: 15.12.2011

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