In my previous blog post, I noted that reliability and validity are two essential properties of psychological measurement. Measures of intelligence, personality, vocational interests, and so forth ...

Technological innovations can seem relentless. In computing, some have proclaimed that "a year in machine learning is a century in any other field." But how do you know whether those advancements are ...

Well, I'm back after my holiday hiatus. Many of my colleagues across the country are back in the classroom already. I return there early next week. As I was preparing for my spring semester classes ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kai R. Larsen, University of Colorado Boulder; Roman Lukyanenko, University of ...

Closely examining the claims companies make about a product can help you separate hype from reality. Flavio Coelho/Moment via Getty Images Technological innovations can seem relentless. In computing, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Borrowing from the language of science, this question is really about validity – that ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) "It was apparent we were not going to win, but we wanted to get the best possible deal ...