Hood, S. Brian (2016) Disambiguating Latent Variables. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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In contrast to Borsboom (2008) who distinguishes between manifest and latent variables on epistemic grounds in terms of “epistemic accessibility,” I advocate a demarcation on pragmatic grounds. The latter way of understanding this distinction does justice to the intuitions driving Borsboom’s account, but avoids unnecessary epistemic complications. I then turn to two cases, the Flynn Effect and the case of psycho-educational assessment, and show an equivocal understanding of one latent variable, Spearman’s g, has led some researchers to draw paradoxical conclusions regarding cognitive ability.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Hood, S. Brian sbriandhood@gmail.com
Keywords:	psychometrics, measurement, models
Subjects:	General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Psychology
Depositing User:	Dr. S. Brian Hood
Date Deposited:	29 Oct 2016 16:54
Last Modified:	29 Oct 2016 16:54
Item ID:	12550
Subjects:	General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Psychology
Date:	August 2016
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12550

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