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| Method: a method is a procedure agreed on by participants of a discussion or research project. In the case of violations of a method, the comparability of the results is in particular questioned, since these no longer come from a set with uniformly defined properties of the elements._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Donald T. Campbell on Method - Dictionary of Arguments
Corr I 15 Method/Psychology/Measurements/Campbell/Fiske: observation. Since constructs themselves are not directly observable, they must be translated into a form that can be observed, in order for empirical testing to be possible. >Conflicts, >Observation, >Unobservables, >Observation sentences, >Observation language, >Theories. Corr I 16 Strong evidence for a construct exists if these various measures of a particular trait correlate highly with one another. Lower correlations are expected with other traits, even if they are both measured in the same way (e.g., self-esteem and achievement motivation both measured by self-report should not be highly correlated). These considerations inspired advances in personality assessment by using what is called a ‘multi-trait, multi-method matrix’ (Campbell and Fiske 1959)(1) to demonstrate that abstract theoretical constructs, not measurement techniques, explain high correlations among observations. >Measurement, >Covariance, >Invariance, >Dimensional approach, >Personality, >Personality traits. 1. Campbell, D. and Fiske, D. 1959. Convergent and discriminant validation by the multitrait-multimethod matrix, Psychological Bulletin 56: 81–105 Susan Cloninger, “Conceptual issues in personality theory”, in: Corr, Ph. J. & Matthews, G. (eds.) 2009. The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Camp I D. T. Campbell Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Research Boston 1966 Corr I Philip J. Corr Gerald Matthews The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology New York 2009 Corr II Philip J. Corr (Ed.) Personality and Individual Differences - Revisiting the classical studies Singapore, Washington DC, Melbourne 2018 |
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