Response Surface Analysis in Personality and Social Psychology: Checklist and Clarifications for the Case of Congruence Hypotheses
Response Surface Analysis in Personality and Social Psychology: Checklist and Clarifications for the Case of Congruence Hypotheses
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DOI：
10.1177/1948550618757600
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发表时间：
2019-04-01
影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
Back, Mitja D.
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作者：
Humberg, Sarah;Nestler, Steffen;Back, Mitja D.
响应面分析 (RSA) 使研究人员能够测试复杂的心理效应，例如，两种心理结构的一致性是否与结果变量的较高值相关。 RSA 越来越多地应用于人格和社会心理学文献中，但已发表结果的有效性受到一些持续的过度简化和误解的挑战。在这里，我们描述了解释 RSA 结果所需的数学基础，并提供了正确识别同余效应的清单。我们通过证明单个 RSA 参数的测试不能表明同余效应来澄清两个突出的谬误，并且当存在同余效应时，RSA 不能表明一个方向上的预测变量不匹配（例如，高估一个人的智力）是否比另一个方向上的不匹配（低估）更好或更差。我们希望这一贡献将进一步增强应用这种强大方法的实证研究的有效性和强度。
Response surface analysis (RSA) enables researchers to test complex psychological effects, for example, whether the congruence of two psychological constructs is associated with higher values in an outcome variable. RSA is increasingly applied in the personality and social psychological literature, but the validity of published results has been challenged by some persistent oversimplifications and misconceptions. Here, we describe the mathematical fundamentals required to interpret RSA results, and we provide a checklist for correctly identifying congruence effects. We clarify two prominent fallacies by showing that the test of a single RSA parameter cannot indicate a congruence effect, and when there is a congruence effect, RSA cannot indicate whether a predictor mismatch in one direction (e.g., overestimation of one's intelligence) is better or worse than a mismatch in the other direction (underestimation). We hope that this contribution will further enhance the validity and strength of empirical studies that apply this powerful approach.