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Brown, Allison R.; Finney, Sara J. – International Journal of Testing, 2011
The current study examined whether psychological reactance differs across compliant and non-compliant examinees. Given the lack of consensus regarding the factor structure and scoring of the Hong Psychological Reactance Scale (HPRS), its factor structure was evaluated and subsequently tested for measurement invariance (configural, metric, and…
Descriptors: Testing, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Compliance (Psychology)
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Dirkzwager, Arie – International Journal of Testing, 2003
The crux in psychometrics is how to estimate the probability that a respondent answers an item correctly on one occasion out of many. Under the current testing paradigm this probability is estimated using all kinds of statistical techniques and mathematical modeling. Multiple evaluation is a new testing paradigm using the person's own personal…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Probability, Models, Measurement
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Meyer, Kevin D.; Foster, Jeff L. – International Journal of Testing, 2008
With the increasing globalization of human resources practices, a commensurate increase in demand has occurred for multi-language ("global") personality norms for use in selection and development efforts. The combination of data from multiple translations of a personality assessment into a single norm engenders error from multiple sources. This…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Cultural Differences, Norms, Human Resources