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A Study of the Impact of Measurement on the Results of Subsequent Measurement and Its Implications in Quantitative Social Research.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17530397
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Sociology
Research InstitutionBUKKYO UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

YAMAGICHI Yoh  BUKKYO UNIVERSITY, Faculty of Sociology, Associate Professor, 社会学部, 准教授 (00262543)

Project Period (FY) 2005 – 2006
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
Budget Amount *help
¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000)
Keywordssocial research method / sociology / cognitive science / reactivity / reliability / validity
Research Abstract

This study examines reactivity of measurement and its implications through reviewing existent literature and analyzing experimental data. This study focuses on the impacts of reactivity on reliability and validity assessment (Chapter 1).To examine the impacts, the change of correlation among variables by carry-over effect is discussed in Chapter 2. Grasping this phenomenon involves methodological difficulties, but it may have great consequences for reliability and validity assessment. Chapter 3 examines the consequences of reactivity on internal-consistency in personality-scales. Knowles's studies and the follow-up examinations of the present study demonstrate correlations between item reliabilities (item-total correlations) and the serial positions of every item in several personality tests (single trait). The present study discusses self-generated internal-consistency. In other words, the scales with a larger number of items tend to show higher item reliability because of higher correlations among items (not because of compensation for random errors with each other). Chapter 4 examines the impact of reactivity on predictive validity. Especially, the predictive validity of measurement of intention is examined in the case the criteria concerned actual behaviors. Reconsideration of Sherman's insight about the self-erasing nature of errors of prediction demonstrates self-generated predictive validity. The conditions for occurrence of this phenomenon are examined using the results of experiments of the present study. Chapter 5(a supplement) highlights the role of buffer items that have been used to reduce carry-over effects. The last chapter discusses the self-contradictions in many of the reliability and validity assessment methods. In other words, while those assessment methods involve the procedures of multiple measuring, they neglect reactivity that is the characteristic of the procedures.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2006 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2005 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2007 2006 2005

All Journal Article (8 results)

  • [Journal Article] 反応性の問題と予測妥当性の自己発生-意図の測定の行動への影響-2007

    • Author(s)
      山口洋
    • Journal Title

      佛教大学社会学部論集 45(印刷中)

    • NAID

      110007974020

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] The Problem of Reactivity and the Self-Generation of Predictive Validity : The Impact of Measuring Intention on Behavior2007

    • Author(s)
      Yamaguchi, Yoh.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the Faculty of Sociology (Bukkyo University) 45(in print)

    • NAID

      110007974020

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 尺度の内的一貫性の自己発生-Knowlesの知見の再検討-2006

    • Author(s)
      山口洋
    • Journal Title

      佛教大学社会学部論集 43

      Pages: 115-125

    • NAID

      110007974044

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Self-Generation of Internal Consistency of Scales : A Reexamination of Knowles's Findings2006

    • Author(s)
      Yamaguchi, Yoh.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the Faculty of Sociology (Bukkyo University) 43

      Pages: 115-125

    • NAID

      110007974044

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 尺度の内的一貫性の自己発生 -Knowlesの知見の再検討-2006

    • Author(s)
      山口 洋
    • Journal Title

      社会学部論集(佛教大学) 43号

      Pages: 115-125

    • NAID

      110007974044

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] キャリーオーバー効果をめぐる二つのジレンマ2005

    • Author(s)
      山口洋
    • Journal Title

      佛教大学社会学部論集 41

      Pages: 49-60

    • NAID

      110006472941

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Two Dilemmatic Problems of Carry-over Effects2005

    • Author(s)
      Yamaguchi, Yoh.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the Faculty of Sociology (Bukkyo University) 41

      Pages: 49-60

    • NAID

      110006472941

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] キャリーオーバー効果をめぐる二つのジレンマ2005

    • Author(s)
      山口 洋
    • Journal Title

      社会学部論集(佛教大学) 41号

      Pages: 49-60

    • NAID

      110006472941

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2005-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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