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This chapter focuses on a description of models and modeling practices in test validation and measurement in a broad sense. The varieties of models and modeling activities are described from a vantage point and lens of philosophy of science, logic, mathematics, and psychology. The chapter closes with a description and critical analysis of model choice and modeling practices with an emphasis on models and assumptions as empirical commitments.
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Zumbo, B.D. (2017). On Models and Modeling in Measurement and Validation Studies. In: Zumbo, B., Hubley, A. (eds) Understanding and Investigating Response Processes in Validation Research. Social Indicators Research Series, vol 69. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56129-5_19
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