Designing Better Questions for Complex Concepts with Reflective Indicators

There are many concepts in the social sciences that are measured using multiple indicators. Such concepts have been called by Blalock (1968) concepts-by-postulation because one needs a theoretical argument to define them. Within the set of concepts-by-postulation, a distinction has been made betwee...

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Main Authors: Willem Saris, Irmtraud Gallhofer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Survey Research Association 2020-08-01
Series:Survey Research Methods
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Online Access:https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/srm/article/view/7613