Method Effects in Psychological Measurement

Offering over two dozen experienced researchers in psychologicalmeasurement, this book presents the various method effects inpsychological measurement. Experts analyze the influence onexamined variables in psychological science, test construction,validity, reliability, and the evaluation of participants in experiments.It offers guidance to improve the development of tests before theirexecution, thereby ensuring the quality of subsequent analyses andpreventing disadvantageous data distortions from occurring in thefirst place. Equipped with such thorough methodological knowledge,even practitioners can use these extensive chapters to select themost appropriate test for their patients and enhance the caliber ofqualitative treatment. The endeavors to control for method effectsprovided in this book are a promising avenue to refine and improveskills in psychological measurement.