INTRODUCTION: VALIDATION OF CONSTRUCTS I I
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CONSTRUCTS I
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ASSUMPTION :
ALONG THE HORIZONTAL AXIS WE HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE CONSTRUCT
(FOR EXAMPLE MENTAL LOAD) .
like this. ----->
__________I__________II__________III__________IV____
IN THIS EXAMPLE THE DIFFERENT
LEVELS OF THE CONSTRUCT COULD BE VARIOUS CLEARLY IDENTIFIABLE SEPARATE STAGES BEFORE
JUMPING OUT OF AN AIRCRAFT .
ALONG THE VERTICAL AXIS WE WILL
GET DIFFERENT VALUES OF THE OBSERVABLE VARIABLE (FOR EXAMPLE PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASURES OR
PERFORMANCE MEASURES) .
PREDICTION (TO BE VERIFIED)
: VALUE OF OBSERVABLE VARIABLE WILL CHANGE WITH
INCREASING LEVELS OF THE CONSTRUCT, FOR EXAMPLE MENTAL LOAD .
For example like this :

IN THIS EXAMPLE THE OBSERVABLE VARIABLE IS A
PHYSIOLOGICAL VARIABLE,
HEART BEAT FREQUENCY (=
HF ) .
OTHER OBSERVABLE VARIABLES COULD
BE HF IRREGULARITY (=SA) AND RESPIRATORY RATE (RR).
RELEVANT LINK: VALOCON EXP 02
(PARACHUTISTS) .
THEY COULD ALSO BE PERFORMANCE
MEASURES (e.g. RESPONSES TO STANDARDIZED
STIMULI -SUCH AS GENERATED BY A BINARY CHOICE GENERATOR- ).
POSITIVELY VERIFIED
PREDICTIONS ARE ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF THE OBSERVABLE VARIABLE AS A MEASURE OF THE
CONSTRUCT.
MOST RELEVANT LINK :
VALIDATION OF CONSTRUCTS II
RELEVANT LINKS :
VALIDATION OF CONSTRUCTS I
PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR MENTAL LOAD
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