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Peer reviewedFiske, Donald W.; Barack, Leonard I. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1976
The diversity among interpretations of single items in personality questionnaires has been noted previously. Using adjectives from the Adjective Check List (ACL), the study sought evidence bearing on these questions: Does such diversity make the responses to an item not comparable across subjects? If so, what are the implications for scores based…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Check Lists, Individual Differences, Item Analysis
Download full textVeldman, Donald J.; Parker, George V. C. – 1968
Factor analysis of Gough's 300-item Adjective Check List identified eight highest-loading items for seven factors of self-perception. These were alphabetized and presented with 5-point scales to 713 females in teacher training. Factor analysis of the 56 self-rating items replicated the original structure, and simple scale sums showed satisfactory…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Anxiety, College Students, Correlation
