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Establishing Construct Continua in Construct Validation: The Process of Continuum Specification

Tay, Louis, Jebb, Andrew T.·2018·Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
DOI 10.1177/2515245918775707
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Many areas of psychological science rely heavily on theoretical constructs, such as personality traits, attitudes, and emotions, and many of these measured constructs are defined by a continuum that represents the different degrees of the attribute. However, these continua are not usually considered by psychologists during the process of scale development and validation. Unfortunately, this can lead to numerous scientific problems, such as incomplete measurement of the construct, difficulties in distinguishing between constructs, and compromised evidence for validity. The purpose of the current article is to propose an approach for carefully considering these issues in psychological measurement. This approach, which we term continuum specification, is a two-stage process in which the researcher defines and then properly operationalizes the target continuum. Defining the continuum involves specifying its polarity (i.e., the meaning of its poles, or ends) and the nature of its gradations (i.e., the quality that separates high from low scores). Operationalizing the continuum means using this definition to develop a measure that (a) sufficiently captures the entire continuum, (b) has appropriate response options, (c) uses correct procedures for assessing dimensionality, and (d) accounts for the underlying response process. These issues have significant implications for psychological measurement.

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Authors
Tay, L., & Jebb, A. T.
Affiliations
Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University
Venue
Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2018-07-12
Volume
1
Issue
3
Pages
375-388
ISSN
  • 2515-2459
  • 2515-2467
DOI
10.1177/2515245918775707
Cited by
59
References
14
Language
en
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)

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