Methodological and operational issues in the construction of absence variables |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan;2. Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan;3. Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan;4. Department of Medical Imaging, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan;5. Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan;6. Department of Psychiatry, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan;7. Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan;8. Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada;9. Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;1. Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran;2. Department of Petroleum Engineering, Curtin University, Australia;3. Petropars Group, Iran;4. Earth Science Department, Faculty of Natural Science, University of Tabriz, Iran |
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| Abstract: | Methodological studies have materially altered thinking about the nature of absence variables. Because of this research, the research community is now aware that absence variables frequently follow irregular data distributions J. Appl. Psychol. 66 (1981) 574; J. Appl. Psychol. 74 (1989) 300]. Researchers have also been made aware that the reliability of absence metrics depends on the way the measures are configured Pers. Psychol. 24 (1971) 463; J. Appl. Psychol. 66 (1981) 574]. What has received less attention are research design decisions (i.e., procedural and operational) impacting the psychometric properties of absenteeism variables. The current discussion focuses on the operational and methodological decisions researchers make that impact the measurement properties of absence variables. |
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