Objective Tests as Instruments of Psychological Theory

By J. Loevinger. 1957

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Group Differences in Graduate Students’ Cconcepts of The Ideal Mentor (2005, methodology): “statistical process (Loevinger, 1957) whereby a pool of items was amassed that reflected a variety of definitions of the mentoring concept (e.”
Validity and the Consequences of Test Interpretation and Use (2011, background): “There are several points about unified validity theory, as presented in the 1999 Standards and described in whole or part by others (e.g., Anastasi 1986; Cronbach 1971; Hubley and Zumbo 1996; Kane 2006; Loevinger 1957; Messick 1989; Zumbo 2007) that are worth highlighting.”
Essentials of Psychological Testing (2005, background): “• Loevinger, J. (1957). Objective tests as instruments of psychological theory [Monograph Supplement].”
Enhancement of Mentor Selection Using the Ideal Mentor Scale (2003, unknown): “One of the important early steps in developing a scale is to expand the range of item content to encompass nomologically proximal concepts (Loevinger, 1957).”
Exploratory Factor Analysis: A Guide to Best Practice (2018, background): “155) and, therefore, meaningful testing of theories (Loevinger, 1957; Meehl, 1990).”
Predicting early academic failure in high school from prior academic achievement, psychosocial characteristics, and behavior. (2012, methodology): “ENGAGE for Grades 6 –9 was developed using a rationalempirical approach (Clark & Watson, 1995; Loevinger, 1957; Nunnally & Bernstein, 1994), with an emphasis on conceiving and measuring markers of the three broad psychosocial domains (cf. Le et al., 2005; Robbins et al., 2006, 2004, 2009).”
Interpersonal Dynamics in Personality and Personality Disorders (2018, background): “This mismatch between theory and method is a critical problem from a construct validation perspective (Loevinger, 1957).”
Initial Validation of the Children’s Worry Management Scale (2010, methodology): “The overall approach to scale development was guided by traditional test construction principles (Clark and Watson 1995; Loevinger 1957).”
Language Testing and Validation: An Evidence-Based Approach (2004, background): “Though some writers have found this too vague (Loevinger 1957), it continues to appear as a useful generalization in many books on testing or measurement: for example, in Davies (1990: 21), Hatch and Lazaraton (1997: 540), Henning (1987: 89).”
Is criminal behavior a central component of psychopathy? Conceptual directions for resolving the debate. (2010, background): “…in research; the results of that research should inform decisions about whether to maintain, refine, or reject the theory; and the informed theory should reshape how psychopathy is operationalized in a second generation of research (theory 3 research 3 theory2 3 research2; see Loevinger, 1957).”
Ten Steps in Scale Development and Reporting: A Guide for Researchers (2018, background): “Methodologists recommend being over-inclusive with the number of items (Clark & Watson, 1995; Kline, 2013; Loevinger, 1957).”