Latent Variable Models
As emphasized in the call for papers by Jonna Kulikowich and Gregory Hancock, the primary goal of this special issue of Contemporary Educational Psychology
is to assemble a collection of illustrative empirical studies in
educational psychology that utilize one or more state-of-the-art latent
variable modeling procedures. Distinguishing these articles from those
in leading measurement and statistical journals, Kulikowich and Hancock
encouraged the submission of manuscripts from authors (or teams) with
strong backgrounds in both latent variable methodology and substantive
issues in educational psychology. In this respect, they sought to
provide an outlet for articles representing a synergy between
sophisticated methodology and meaningful substantive issues. Here we
briefly review why we think that this is such an important undertaking;
consider some of the problems that such undertakings must address;
emphasize a construct validity approach to the interpretations based on
such studies; and highlight some of the key issues in the particular
articles in this special issue.
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