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Chunk #19 — Issues Concerning the Determination of Homogeneity

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On the value of homogeneous constructs for construct validation, theory testing, and the description of psychopathology.
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Thus, determinations of homogeneity are tests of theories that are thus always subject to revision as knowledge develops, and claims of dimensionality require a demonstration of the different roles of the different putative dimensions in psychological theory and explanation. Of course, the reality that determinations of homogeneity are, in fact, indeterminate is not a reason to disregard known heterogeneity in construct measures.