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THEORY TESTING: COMBINING PSYCHOMETRIC META‐ANALYSIS AND STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS MODELING

VISWESVARAN, CHOCKALINGAM, ONES, DENIZ S.·1995·Personnel Psychology
DOI 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1995.tb01784.x
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This paper presents an overview of a useful approach for theory testing in the social sciences that combines the principles of psychometric meta‐analysis and structural equations modeling. In this approach to theory testing, the estimated true score correlations between the constructs of interest are established through the application of meta‐analysis (Hunter & Schmidt, 1990), and structural equations modeling is then applied to the matrix of estimated true score correlations. The potential advantages and limitations of this approach are presented. The approach enables researchers to test complex theories involving several constructs that cannot all be measured in a single study. Decision points are identified, the options available to a researcher are enumerated, and the potential problems as well as the prospects of each are discussed.

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  • Harmonic mean sample size was computed for hierarchical multiple regression analyses because sample sizes differed across cells, yielding more conservative estimates.

    “We computed harmonic mean sample size (Viswesvaran & Ones, 1995) when conducting hierarchical multiple regression analyses because sample sizes differed across the cells in the meta-analytically derived correlation matrices.Computing harmonic mean sample size will yield more conservative estimates because less weight is given to large samples (Garrett, Miao, Qian, & Bae, 2017;Miao, Coombs, Qian, &”

    From A cross-cultural meta-analysis of how leader emotional intelligence influences subordinate task performance and organizational citizenship behavior (2018) · cites this paper as Viswesvaran & Ones, 1995

  • A major advantage of MASEM is that not all relationships specified by the theory need to be examined in each primary study, as population correlations can be meta-analytically computed.

    “A major advantage of this technique is that not all relationships specified by the theory need to be examined in each primary study, as the population correlations required can be meta-analytically computed (Joseph et al. 2007; Viswesvaran and Ones 1998).”

    From Re-examining the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT): Towards a Revised Theoretical Model (2019) · cites this paper as Viswesvaran and Ones 1998

  • Prior literature suggests various possibilities for sample size such as minimum, average, and harmonic mean sample size.

    “Prior literature suggests various possibilities such as using the minimum sample size, average sample size and harmonic mean sample size (e.g., Tett and Meyer 1993; Viswesvaran and Ones 1998).”

    From Re-examining the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT): Towards a Revised Theoretical Model (2019) · cites this paper as Viswesvaran and Ones 1998

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Authors
VISWESVARAN, C., & ONES, D. S.
Affiliations
Florida International University (US)
Corresponding author
VISWESVARAN, CHOCKALINGAM
ORCID
VISWESVARAN, CHOCKALINGAM
Venue
Personnel Psychology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1995-12
Volume
48
Issue
4
Pages
865-885
ISSN
  • 0031-5826 (ISSN-L)
  • 1744-6570
DOI
10.1111/j.1744-6570.1995.tb01784.x
OpenAlex
W2051295428
Cited by
926
References
50
Citations by year
2026: 34 · 2025: 42 · 2024: 46 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 66 · 2021: 46 · 2020: 49 · 2019: 48 · 2018: 45 · 2017: 58 · 2016: 45 · 2015: 51 · 2014: 45 · 2013: 36 · 2012: 36
FWCI
7.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 4024 d)
Locations
Personnel Psychology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
Keywords
theory testing, structural equation modeling, complex theory

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