Improving Inquiry in Social Science: A Volume in Honor of Lee J. Cronbach

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ISBN: 9780805805420 | 0805805427
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Copyright: 12/1/1990

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This volume celebrates Lee J. Cronbach's considerable contributions to the methodology of social and behavioral science. Comprised of chapters written by colleagues and contemporaries of the highly influential scholar, it offers a range of ideas, perspectives, and new approaches to improving social science inquiry.

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Contributors	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Straight Thinking	p. 1
References	p. 10
Why Summaries of Research on Psychological Theories Are Often Uninterpretable	p. 13
References	p. 58
Macropsychology and Micropsychology: Natural Categories and Natural Kinds	p. 61
References	p. 72
Test Validity and Invalidity Reconsidered	p. 75
References	p. 106
Test Analysis with the Person Characteristic Function: Implications for Defining Abilities	p. 109
Introduction	p. 109
Acknowledgments	p. 142
References	p. 142
An Approach to Multivariate Generalizability of MMPI Profiles	p. 145
Introduction	p. 145
Summary and Conclusion	p. 157
References	p. 158
Psychology and Methodology of Response Styles	p. 161
References	p. 197
Problems in Assuming the Comparability of Pretest and Posttest in Autoregressive and Growth Models	p. 201
References	p. 217
A Longitudinal Approach to ATI Research: Models for Individual Growth and Models for Individual Differences in Response to Intervention	p. 221
Appendix	p. 246
The Concept of Aptitude	p. 249
References	p. 280
Is There Any Future for Intelligence?	p. 285
References	p. 303
Tyler's Behavioral Objectives: Background Sources, Early Use, and Some Stream-Offs	p. 305
Introduction	p. 305
References	p. 324
Developing Tests to Assist in the Improvement of Education	p. 325
In Summary	p. 332
An Intelligent Tutoring System for Exploring Principles of Economics	p. 333
Introduction	p. 333
Acknowledgments	p. 359
References	p. 360
	p. 360
In Illinois and in Japan: Lee Cronbach as a Mentor	p. 367
""""I'm Sorry But . . .""""; Our Intellectual Heritage From LJC	p. 375
Introduction	p. 375
Methodological Studies--A Personal Retrospective	p. 385
References	p. 398
Curriculum Vitae and Bibliography	p. 401
Author Index	p. 411
Subject Index	p. 417
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