APS

30th APS Annual Convention

Measurement Schmeasurement: How Poor Measurement Practices Threaten Cumulative Psychological Science

Thursday, May 24, 2018 · San Francisco, CA

Oral · Methodology

This symposium highlights the pervasive neglect of rigorous measurement practices in numerous areas of psychological science, and the resulting problems for theory formation and statistical power. We demonstrate that a lack of attention to measurement has hindered progress in psychological science and is directly connected to replicability debates.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Jessica FlakeChair
    McGill University
  • Eiko FriedCoChair
    Leiden University
  • Scott LilienfeldDiscussant
    Emory University

Presentations

  1. The Fundamental Role of Construct Validation in Original and Replicated ResearchJessica Flake, Jolynn Pek, Ian Davidson, Octavia Wong
  2. Common Measurement Problems in Psychology: The Example of Major DepressionEiko Fried
  3. Unintended Consequences of Latent Variable Measurement ModelingRhemtulla Mijke
  4. Connecting Unreliable Measurement to Power: Current Practices and RecommendationsAndre Yilian Wang