Jingle-jangle fallacies explained

Jingle-jangle fallacies are erroneous assumptions that either two different things are the same because they bear the same name (jingle fallacy); or two identical or almost identical things are different because they are labeled differently (jangle fallacy).^{[1] [2] [3]} In research, a jangle fallacy is the inference that two measures (e.g., tests, scales) with different names measure different constructs. By comparison, a jingle fallacy is the assumption that two measures which are called by the same name capture the same construct.^{[4] [5]}

An example of the jangle fallacy can be found in tests designed to assess emotional intelligence. Some of these tests measure merely personality or regular IQ-tests.^[6] An example of the jingle fallacy is that personality and values are sometimes conflated and treated as the same construct.^[7] Jingle and jangle fallacies make it challenging to review literatures for meta-analysis. Machine learning tools have been created to discover relevant papers even when the same construct is named differently in different articles. ^[8]

See also

• Construct validity

Further reading

• Marsh . Herbert W. . 1994 . Sport Motivation Orientations: Beware of Jingle-Jangle Fallacies . Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology . 16 . 4 . 365–380 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Kelley . Truman Lee . Interpretation of Educational Measurements . 1927 . World Book Company . Yonkers-on-Hudson, N.Y. . 62–65 .
2. Book: Roeser . Robert W. . Peck . Stephen C. . Nasir . Nailah Suad . Patricia k. . Alexander . Philip H. . Winne . Handbook of Educational Psychology . 2nd . 2006 . Erlbaum . Mahwah, N.J. . 978-0-8058-4937-0 . 392–393 . Self and Identity Processes in School Motivation, Learning, and Achievement . https://books.google.com/books?id=iSixyjjdq4gC&pg=PA393 .
3. Book: Pedhazur . Elazar J. . Pedhazur Schmelkin . Liora . Measurement, Design, and Analysis: An Integrated Approach . 1991 . Erlbaum . Hillsdale, N.J. . 978-0-89859-555-0 . 74 .
4. Book: Corsini . Raymond J. . The Dictionary of Psychology . 1991 . Routledge . New York . 978-1-58391-328-4 . 513, 514 .
5. Book: Marsh . Herbert W. . Sophia . Jowett . David . Lavallee . Social Psychology in Sport . 2007 . Human Kinetics . Champaign, IL . 978-0-7360-5780-6 . 168 . Physical Self-Concept and Sport . https://books.google.com/books?id=t6sx0cj3GUoC&pg=PA168 .
6. Book: Gignac . Gilles E. . Con . Stough . Donald H. . Saklofske . James D. A.. Parker . Assessing Emotional Intelligence: Theory, Research, and Applications . 2009 . Springer . New York . 978-0-387-88370-0 . 33 . Psychometrics and the Measurement of Emotional Intelligence . https://books.google.com/books?id=LHsoQUXiV5AC&pg=PA33 .
7. Higgs . Malcolm . Scott . Lichtenstein . 2010 . Exploring the 'Jingle Fallacy': a study of personality and values . Journal of General Management . 36 . 1. 43 - 61.
8. Larsen . Kai . Bong . Chih How . 2016 . A Tool for Addressing Construct Identity in Literature Reviews and Meta-Analyses. MIS Quarterly . 40. 3. 529 - 551.