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Area of Science:

  • Psychological Measurement
  • Methodology
  • Psychometrics

Background:

  • Current routine psychological testing relies on population-level data for individual inferences.
  • This practice is widely accepted but lacks methodological validation.
  • Concerns exist regarding the generalizability of group statistics to individual cases.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assert the invalidity of current routine psychological testing for individuals.
  • To identify the root cause of invalidity in psychological assessments.
  • To explore alternative approaches for valid individual assessment.

Main Methods:

  • Review of theoretical concepts: ergodicity, Birkhoff's theorem, and Molenaar's manifesto.
  • Critique of the direct transposition of population estimations to individual inferences.
  • Analysis of a common psychological testing application to demonstrate invalidity.

Main Results:

  • The direct transposition of population data to individual inferences is fundamentally invalid.
  • This practice is identified as the primary reason for the invalidity of routine psychological testing.
  • An illustrative example highlights the flaws in current individual assessment practices.

Conclusions:

  • Current routine psychological testing practices are not valid for individual assessment.
  • The intraindividual (within-person) approach offers potential for valid individual testing.
  • Further research into novel methodological propositions is needed to address these validity issues.