Similarly, he wants to know how, on the basis of Spinoza's account of the supposedly underlying attribute of extension, those parts come to have the particular form and organization of motions and forces that they have, that is to say, as organic, self-regulating entities.
This finding suggests that medication-taking decisions are driven by one's valuation of the underlying attributes of a medication [ 11] and that, consistent with previous research [ 13], intentional medication adherence may be a behaviour that is not strongly associated with patient characteristics.
Thus, if there are common underlying attributes of individuals within a peer group that drive behavior more than peer influence, policies aimed at taking advantage of peer influence may not realize the desired effects [9], [10].
The construct validity of the main survey was explored to test whether the instrument measured the underlying attributes of physical and mental health [ 42, 48, 49].
DCEs are consistent with Lancaster's theory of consumer demand [ 33], in which consumers have preferences for and derive utility from the underlying attributes of goods, rather than actual goods per se.
In some instances, however, the existence of a general underlying attribute is easily derived from the factor solutions themselves.
Measurement is the assignment of a value to some underlying attribute or event.
In classical test theory it is assumed that the sum scores are proper measurements of the underlying attribute, without testing this assumption empirically.
It is then difficult to accept that all measures reflect the same underlying attribute to a similar degree.
Mean differences should reflect actual group differences in the underlying attribute and should not reflect a different functioning of the measures across the different groups.
