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Hybrid Behavior-Genetic Models of the Confounding Gene-Environment Correlations in the Development of Life History Strategy: Two Convergent Approaches 生活史策略发展中混杂基因-环境相关性的混合行为-遗传模型:两种收敛方法

Journal of methods and measurement in the social sciences Pub Date : 2020-12-30 DOI: 10.2458/V11I1.23914

A. Figueredo, T. C. Baca, G. Richardson

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引用次数: 2

An Expanded Life Satisfaction Model: A Component of Subjective Well-Being 一个扩展的生活满意度模型:主观幸福感的组成部分

Journal of methods and measurement in the social sciences Pub Date : 2020-12-30 DOI: 10.2458/V11I1.23915

K. Larwin, M. Harvey, S. Constantinou

引用次数: 1

Observation Effect in Ecological Momentary Assessments: A Study of Sun Protection Practices 生态瞬时评价中的观测效应:防晒措施的研究

Journal of methods and measurement in the social sciences Pub Date : 2020-06-03 DOI: 10.2458/v10i2.23786

E. Schofield, J. Hay, Yuelin Li

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引用次数: 1

Mathematization, Not Measurement: A Critique of Stevens’ Scales of Measurement 数学化，而非测量:对史蒂文斯测量量表的批判

Journal of methods and measurement in the social sciences Pub Date : 2019-12-31 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2412765

M. Thomas

引用次数: 5

War and Peace: A Diachronic Social Biogeography of Life History Strategy and Between-Group Relations in Two Western European Populations 战争与和平:两个西欧族群的生活史策略与族群关系的历时社会生物地理学

Journal of methods and measurement in the social sciences Pub Date : 2019-08-11 DOI: 10.2458/V10I1.23522

A. Figueredo, Mateo Peñaherrera-Aguirre, H. Fernandes, S. Lomayesva, S. Hertler, M. Sarraf

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引用次数: 6

Quadrangular Love Theory and Scale: Validation and Psychometric Investigation 四边形爱情理论与量表:验证与心理测量调查

Journal of methods and measurement in the social sciences Pub Date : 2019-08-11 DOI: 10.2458/V10I1.23520

V. Karandashev, Nicholas D. Evans

引用次数: 4

Assessing Participants' Experiences in a Service-Learning Program: A Psychometric Evaluation. 服务学习项目参与者的经验评估:一种心理测量评估。

Journal of methods and measurement in the social sciences Pub Date : 2019-06-12 DOI: 10.2458/V9I2.23488

Laura Colman, Robyn K Sobelson, Corinne J Wigington, A. Young

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引用次数: 0

The Pressing Need to Test for Autocorrelation: Comparison of Repeated Measures ANOVA and Interrupted Time Series Autoregressive Models 检验自相关的迫切需要:重复测量方差分析与中断时间序列自回归模型的比较

Journal of methods and measurement in the social sciences Pub Date : 2019-06-12 DOI: 10.2458/V9I2.23487

Jay S. Raadt

引用次数: 5

From the Editors 来自编辑

Journal of methods and measurement in the social sciences Pub Date : 2019-02-19 DOI: 10.2458/v9i1.23002

E. Board

引用次数: 0

Possible Effects of Social Science Measuring and Measurements on Persons Measured and Unmeasured: Reactivity 社会科学测量和测量对被测者和未被测者的可能影响:反应性

Journal of methods and measurement in the social sciences Pub Date : 2018-10-31 DOI: 10.2458/V9I1.23058

M. Krause

引用次数: 2