I'll be presenting this work at PSA (San Diego, Nov 2026).
The question is how to think about "formative" (aggregate) constructs and their empirical measurements in the social sciences (e.g., socio-economic status).
The standard view (e.g., Borsboom 2005) requires constructs to be causes of...
Cristian Larroulet Philippi
New on the Archive:
Larroulet Philippi, Cristian (2026) Formative Constructs as Tailored Aggregates. In: UNSPECIFIED.
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/29913/
