Predicted as observed? How to identify empirically adequate theoretical constructs
The identification of an empirically adequate theoretical construct requires determining whether a theoretically predicted effect is sufficiently similar to an observed effect. To this end, we propose a simple similarity measure, describe its application in different research designs, and use comput...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.980261/full |