Representation and explanation in psychometric modeling
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| Publication date | 2017 |
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| Book title | Philosophical Issues in Psychiatry IV |
| Book subtitle | Classification of psychiatric illness |
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| Series | International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry |
| Pages (from-to) | 45-50 |
| Publisher | Oxford: Oxford University Press |
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| Abstract | This chapter presents a commentary on representation and explanation in psychometric modelling, as discussed in the previous chapter. It explores Turkheimer’s arguments that standard psychometric techniques involve assumptions, conventions, and definitions that introduce an arbitrary component into the models used. |
| Document type | Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary |
| Language | English |
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https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198796022.003.0006
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