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Direct linkSliter, Katherine A.; Zickar, Michael J. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2014
This study compared the functioning of positively and negatively worded personality items using item response theory. In Study 1, word pairs from the Goldberg Adjective Checklist were analyzed using the Graded Response Model. Across subscales, negatively worded items produced comparatively higher difficulty and lower discrimination parameters than…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Psychometrics, Personality Measures, Test Items
