Validity (statistics)

Nomological network

A nomological network (or nomological net) is a representation of the concepts (constructs) of interest in a study, their observable manifestations, and the interrelationships between these. The term "nomological" derives from the Greek, meaning "lawful", or in philosophy of science terms, "law-like". It was Cronbach and Meehl's view of construct validity that in order to provide evidence that a measure has construct validity, a nomological network must be developed for its measure. The necessary elements of a nomological network are: * At least two constructs; * One or more theoretical propositions, specifying linkages between constructs, for example: "As age increases, memory loss increases". * Correspondence rules, allowing each construct to be measured empirically. Such a rule is said to "operationalize" the construct, as for example in the operationalization: "Age" is measured by asking "how old are you?" * Empirical linkages represent hypotheses before data collection, empirical generalizations after data collection. Validity evidence based on nomological validity is a general form of construct validity. It is the degree to which a construct behaves as it should within a system of related constructs (the nomological network). Nomological networks are used in theory development and use a modernist approach. (Wikipedia).

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