Contingencies of Reinforcement. Chapter 4: The experimental analysis of behavior. Quote 16

“Controllable variables are . . . lacking when behavior is predicted from other behavior. The tests used in mental measurement evoke samples of behavior from which characteristics of similar behavior, usually on a larger scale, can be predicted—but only because the sample and the predicted behavior are functions of common variables, usually not identified.” (p. 88)

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