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Validating indicators of subjective animal welfare

Validating indicators of subjective animal welfare
Validating indicators of subjective animal welfare
Measurement of subjective animal welfare creates a special problem in validating the measurement indicators used. Validation is required to ensure indicators are measuring the intended target state, and not some other object. While indicators can usually be validated through looking for correlation between target and indicator under controlled manipulations, this is not possible when the target state is not directly accessible. In this paper, I outline a four-step approach using the concept of robustness, that can help with validating indicators of subjective animal welfare.
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Browning, Heather
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Browning, Heather
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Browning, Heather (2023) Validating indicators of subjective animal welfare. Philosophy of Science. (doi:10.1017/psa.2023.10).

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Measurement of subjective animal welfare creates a special problem in validating the measurement indicators used. Validation is required to ensure indicators are measuring the intended target state, and not some other object. While indicators can usually be validated through looking for correlation between target and indicator under controlled manipulations, this is not possible when the target state is not directly accessible. In this paper, I outline a four-step approach using the concept of robustness, that can help with validating indicators of subjective animal welfare.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 17 February 2023

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Local EPrints ID: 475382
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/475382
ISSN: 0031-8248
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ORCID for Heather Browning: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1554-7052

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Date deposited: 16 Mar 2023 18:01
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 07:41

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