scholarly journals Measurement practices in hallucinations research

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
David Smailes ◽  
Ben Alderson-Day ◽  
Cassie Hazell ◽  
Abigail Wright ◽  
Peter Moseley
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Practices

scholarly journals Measurement Schmeasurement: Questionable Measurement Practices and How to Avoid Them

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Kay Flake ◽  
Eiko I Fried
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Replication Studies ◽  
Psychological Science ◽  
Rigorous Research ◽  
Statistical Conclusion ◽  
Measurement Practices

In this paper, we define questionable measurement practices (QMPs) as decisions researchers make that raise doubts about the validity of the measures, and ultimately the validity of study conclusions. Doubts arise for a host of reasons including a lack of transparency, ignorance, negligence, or misrepresentation of the evidence. We describe the scope of the problem and focus on how transparency is a part of the solution. A lack of measurement transparency makes it impossible to evaluate potential threats to internal, external, statistical conclusion, and construct validity. We demonstrate that psychology is plagued by a measurement schmeasurement attitude: QMPs are common, hide a stunning source of researcher degrees of freedom, pose a serious threat to cumulative psychological science, but are largely ignored. We address these challenges by providing a set of questions that researchers and consumers of scientific research can consider to identify and avoid QMPs. Transparent answers to these measurement questions promote rigorous research, allow for thorough evaluations of a study’s inferences, and are necessary for meaningful replication studies.

scholarly journals Measurement Memo I: Updated Practices in Psychological Measurement for Sexual Scientists

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Kitchener Sakaluk ◽  
Alexandra Noelle Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Latent Variable ◽  
Science Studies ◽  
Latent Variable Modeling ◽  
Psychological Measurement ◽  
Sexual Science ◽  
Measurement Practices ◽  
Trickle Down

The validity of psychological measurement is a crucial auxiliary theory underlying many sexual science studies. Although many sexuality researchers are familiar with certain elements of psychological measurement, the field of psychological measurement is a developing and evolving literature, with concepts, applications, and techniques that do not always trickle down quickly into interdisciplinary fields like sexual science. The purpose of this Measurement Memo, therefore, is to connect sexual scientists to measurement-related issues, explanations, and resources that they may not otherwise encounter in their scholarly reading. Our review focuses on those carrying out psychological measurement using theories and methods of latent variable modeling, and we identify and summarize key ideas and references that serve as good launching points for sexual scientists to begin to improve their psychological measurement practices, for beginners and seasoned users alike.

Emerging Performance Measurement Responses to Changing Political Pressures at State Departments of Transportation

2005 ◽  
Vol 1924 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-183
Author(s):  
Daniela Bremmer ◽  
Keith C. Cotton ◽  
Brooke Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Performance Measurement ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Measurement Development ◽  
Transportation Industry ◽  
Changing Practice ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Measurement Practices ◽  
Departments Of Transportation ◽  
Transportation Agencies

Performance measurement is an evolving practice. All state departments of transportation (DOTs) have used some aspect of performance measurement for analyzing system uses and conditions as part of the engineering and planning disciplines. Yet the business management process and accountability aspects of the performance measurement field have emerged in the transportation industry just in the past decade. State DOTs operate under heightened political pressures, and accountability mandates drive change in performance measurement practices. This paper illuminates important trends that drive the evolution of the field and that need greater attention in research. The emerging purposes and needs for performance measurement and performance management have substantial implications for practitioners and managers. The paper first describes the research purpose and method and presents a generational model for conceptualizing the stages in performance measurement development in transportation agencies. Next, the major pressures that drive performance measurement development are noted, and the most pertinent responses uncovered by this research are summarized. The paper concludes with recommendations for advancing the field and opportunities for further research. This report does not critique specific practices or judge state capabilities. Its intention is to describe emerging trends and needs driving the changing practice of performance measurement at state DOTs by using illustrative examples to help practitioners understand the state of the field and prepare for potential challenges ahead.

scholarly journals 006–National Survey of Neonatal Growth Measurement Practices

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Jan M. Foote ◽  
Kirsten Hanrahan ◽  
Pamela Mulder ◽  
Anne Nielsen ◽  
Yelena Perkhounkova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Survey ◽  
Growth Measurement ◽  
Neonatal Growth ◽  
Measurement Practices
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