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Mylonas, Kostas; Furnham, Adrian; Divale, William; Leblebici, Cigdem; Gondim, Sonia; Moniz, Angela; Grad, Hector; Alvaro, Jose Luis; Cretu, Romeo Zeno; Filus, Ania; Boski, Pawel – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2014
Several sources of bias can plague research data and individual assessment. When cultural groups are considered, across or even within countries, it is essential that the constructs assessed and evaluated are as free as possible from any source of bias and specifically from bias caused due to culturally specific characteristics. Employing the…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Measures (Individuals), Unemployment, Adults
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Sidiropoulou-Dimakakou, Despina; Mylonas, Kostas; Argyropoulou, Katerina – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2008
The aim of this study was to describe the hexagonal person-environment fit for the Holland personality types for a Greek sample of 156 university students. The statistical analysis followed both exploratory--such as multidimensional scaling--and confirmatory methods--such as covariance structure models. These methods were employed in an…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Foreign Countries, College Students, Multidimensional Scaling
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Herrmann, Douglas J.; Raybeck, Douglas – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1981
Employed multidimensional scaling to investigate semantic domains. Studied two semantic categories that varied in abstractness (animals and emotions) in six cultures (Greece, Haiti, Hong Kong, Spain, United States, and Vietnam). (Author/MK)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Multidimensional Scaling, Semantics