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2023 APS Annual Convention

Measurement Considerations in Psychological Research

Sunday, May 28, 2023 · Washington, DC

Oral · Methodology

This symposium comprises four talks highlighting measurement decisions that researchers are tasked with when conducting psychological studies. These talks address issues of: response format selection, reliability calculation, choice of measurement model, and the role of measurement in replication research. Presenters will explain the measurement challenges and offer solutions.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Brooke MagnusChair
    Boston College

Presentations

  1. How to Make Better Psychological Scales: Comparing Different Scale FormatsXijuan (Cathy) Zhang
  2. The Interplay of Item Distributions and Psychometric Analysis: Bounds on Item StatisticsOscar Olvera Astivia
  3. Challenges in IRT Modeling of Symptom Presence and Symptom SeverityBrooke Magnus
  4. The Issue of Measurement Non-Equivalence in Replication ResearchJessica Flake