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universe score: a standalone construct

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universescore1 CONSTRUCTUniverse scoreCRONBACH ET AL. · 1972

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Psychometrics

A person's average score over all admissible measurement conditions

In generalizability theory, the universe score is a person's expected score averaged over the whole universe of measurement conditions one is willing to treat as interchangeable, such as all admissible raters, items, and occasions. It generalises classical true score by making explicit which facets of measurement the score is meant to generalise across, so that variance can be partitioned among persons, facets, and their interactions. Cronbach, Gleser, Nanda, and Rajaratnam's The dependability of behavioral measurements introduced the framework, and Brennan's Generalizability theory is its modern reference. The referent is the quantity a given measurement is trying to estimate once the relevant sources of error are named, indexed by generalizability and dependability coefficients.[1][2]

Unit
A person's expected score over the defined universe of admissible observations
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Estimated via variance-component analysis across facets, summarised by generalizability and dependability coefficients

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References

  1. Cronbach, L. J., Gleser, G. C., Nanda, H., & Rajaratnam, N. (1972). The dependability of behavioral measurements: Theory of generalizability for scores and profiles. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780471188506
  2. Brennan, R. L. (2001). Generalizability theory. Springer. ISBN 9780387952826

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