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Address the lack of standard measurement units in behavioral science research and evaluate alternative methods for scoring scales, focusing on the percent of maximum possible (POMP) approach.

July 1, 1999Multivariate Behavioral Research

The Problem of Units and the Circumstance for POMP

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Address the lack of standard measurement units in behavioral science research and evaluate alternative methods for scoring scales, focusing on the percent of maximum possible (POMP) approach.
Surveyed two recent journal volumes to characterize contemporary scoring practices across behavioral science literature.
Evaluated alternative scale scoring methods against seven defined criteria reflecting conveyed information using an illustrative example.
Behavioral science measures routinely lack standard operationalizations, constraining theoretical statements to effect directions or standardized units rather than true scale units.
Conversion of raw scale measures to the percent of maximum possible (POMP) score systematically conveys meaningful, accessible information across evaluated criteria.

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Methodological review reveals widespread lack of standardized measurement units in behavioral sciences, indicating percent of maximum possible scoring improves interpretability.

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Cohen et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d925f3da3af5b1d0835d6e https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327906mbr3403_2

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Methodological review reveals widespread lack of standardized measurement units in behavioral sciences, indicating percent of maximum possible scoring improves interpretability.

The Problem of Units and the Circumstance for POMP

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