Book reviewConstructing measures: An item response modeling approach, , Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ (2005)
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Conclusion
The book provides state-of-the-art thinking on the theory and practice of measurement. But, perhaps, its greatest strength is that it clarifies that measurement is secondary to the conceptualization of the issues that it is intended to address. Measurement can only be as good as the theorizing and the qualitative development on which it is based. It will take effort by practitioners to move from qualitative to quantitative and back to qualitative. It will also take effort from psychometricians
Acknowledgements
This work was supported in part by contract 270-2003-00006 Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Michael Dennis, PI, of Chestnut Health Systems in Bloomington, IL under subcontract number E6930 to the University of Illinois at Chicago. The opinions are those of the author and do not reflect official positions of the government or individual grantees.
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