心理測定法は何を要求するか:マクネイシュとミスレヴィへの返答
Klaas Sijtsma1, Jules L Ellis2, Denny Borsboom3
1Tilburg University.
Psychometrika
|February 25, 2026
まとめ
心理測定学者は、潜在変数スコアと合計スコアに関する研究者の理解を教育を通じて向上させることができる。テストスコアの責任ある解釈と適用のためには、心理学と心理測定学の間のギャップを埋めることが不可欠である。
科学分野:
- 心理測定学
- 心理学
背景:
- 単純な合計スコアのメリットに関する以前の論評への反論。
- 心理測定学者が研究者に心理測定モデルについて教育する必要性を強調。
- テスト作成方法とデータ品質に関する問題に対処した。
研究 の 目的:
- 潜在変数スコアと合計スコアの責任ある使用を提唱すること。
- 心理学とのギャップを埋める上での心理測定学教育の役割を強調すること。
- 実務家やクライアントへのテスト結果の実用的なコミュニケーションについて論じること。
主な方法:
- 以前の論評への返答。
- 項目応答理論(IRT)モデルの議論。
- テストと質問票の作成方法の分析。
主要な成果:
- 属性理論が不明確な場合、異なるテスト作成方法では同様の結果が得られる可能性があるが、それはノイズの多いデータにつながる。
- 合計スコアとその変換(例:パーセンタイル)は、テスト結果のコミュニケーションを容易にする。
- 潜在変数は、等化や適応検査などの高度な心理測定アプリケーションにとって重要である。
結論:
- 心理学と心理測定学の間には、橋渡しのために協力的な努力を必要とする大きなギャップが存在する。
- 心理学と心理測定学は、テストスコアの適用と解釈を改善するために協力しなければならない。
- 高度なアプリケーションでは潜在変数が技術的なツールとして使用されるが、より単純なスコアは実用的な意思決定におけるコミュニケーションを助ける。
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