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Minimum Redundancy Item Analysis
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Neill, John A.; Jackson, Douglas N. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1976
Illustrates a multivariate approach to item analysis. Previous formulation is extended by investigating techniques simultaneously taking into account scale variance with the goal of reducing the average correlation between scales. Study examines problems in determining optimum values for combinations of item parameters selected for personality…
Descriptors: Correlation, Factor Structure, Item Analysis, Personality Measures
An Evaluation of Item Selection Strategies in Personality Scale Construction
Neill, John A.; Jackson, Douglas N. – Educ Psychol Meas, 1970
Descriptors: Correlation, Discriminant Analysis, Factor Analysis, Personality Assessment
Personality Correlates of Self-Report, Role-Playing, and In Vivo Measures of Assertiveness.
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Green, Samuel B.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Undergraduates completed self-report inventories of assertiveness, participated in behavior role-playing tasks and in vivo measures of assertiveness, and completed the Personality Research Form E (PRF-E). Of 22 PRF-E scales, 11 had at least one significant correlation with assertiveness measures. Some composites of PRF-E scales were related to…
Descriptors: Adults, Assertiveness, Behavior Rating Scales, Correlation
An Evaluation of Forced-Choice and True-False Item Formats in Personality Assessment.
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Jackson, Douglas N.; And Others – 1971
In a comparative evaluation of a standard true-false format for personality assessment and a forced-choice format, subjects from college residential units were assigned randomly to respond either to the forced-choice or standard true-false form of the Personality Research Form (PRF). All subjects also rated themselves and the members of their…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, College Housing, College Students, Comparative Analysis