ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses empirical issues into a checklist organized around five broad concerns: Is a taxometric analysis scientifically justified? Are the data appropriate for taxometric analysis? Has a sufficient variety of procedures been implemented properly? Have the results been presented and interpreted appropriately? and Are implications of the findings clearly articulated? Whether one is designing a taxometric study, writing a grant proposal that includes a taxometric analysis, preparing a research report of a taxometric investigation, reviewing a submitted taxometric manuscript, or reading a published taxometric paper, careful consideration of these five concerns can greatly assist in evaluating the relative strengths and limitations of the research. Researchers must judge whether the value of an exact replication is worth the potential loss in statistical power resulting from the holistic approach. A final sampling technique that can complicate the interpretation of results is the practice of trimming likely complement members from the sample.
