Correcting Correlations of Personality Scales for Spurious Effects of Shared Items.

Hsu, Louis M.

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ERIC Number: EJ449462

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Publication Date: 1992

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Correcting Correlations of Personality Scales for Spurious Effects of Shared Items.

Hsu, Louis M.

Multivariate Behavioral Research, v27 n1 p31-41 1992

D.V. Budescu and J.L. Rogers (1981) proposed a method of adjusting correlations of scales to eliminate spurious components resulting from the overlapping of scales. Three reliability correction formulas are derived in this article that are based on more tenable assumptions. (SLD)

Descriptors: Correlation, Equations (Mathematics), Mathematical Models, Personality Measures, Rating Scales, Test Items, Test Reliability

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

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