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fandaalThe reason that, say, Cronbach’s alpha and principal components analysis are so popular
in psychology is not that these techniques are appropriate to answer psychological research
questions, or that they represent an optimal way to conduct analyses of measurement instruments.
The reason for their popularity is that they are default options in certain mouse-click sequences
of certain popular statistics programs. Since psychologists are monogamous in their use of such
software (most in my department are wedded to SPSS) there is little chance of convincing them
to use a model—any model—that is not “clickable” in the menus of major statistical programs.
надеюсь, что с помощью Р пакета, лизреля и других полезных вещей я все же не буду настолько средним психом...
in psychology is not that these techniques are appropriate to answer psychological research
questions, or that they represent an optimal way to conduct analyses of measurement instruments.
The reason for their popularity is that they are default options in certain mouse-click sequences
of certain popular statistics programs. Since psychologists are monogamous in their use of such
software (most in my department are wedded to SPSS) there is little chance of convincing them
to use a model—any model—that is not “clickable” in the menus of major statistical programs.
надеюсь, что с помощью Р пакета, лизреля и других полезных вещей я все же не буду настолько средним психом...
