In large-scale educational surveys, a latent regression model is used to compensate for the shortage of cognitive information. Conventionally, the covariates in the latent regression model are principal components extracted from background data. This operational method has several important disadvantages, such as the handling of missing data and…

Studies in the field of personality have systematically found gender differences in two of the three dimensions of the Eysenck model: neuroticism and psychoticism. This study aims to analyze these differences in the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire--Revised (EPQ-R) scales using differential item functioning (DIF) techniques to determine whether…

Determines the reliability and discrimination values of each item; whether items judged highly intimate by Jourard discriminate between high and low disclosers more than items judged lowly intimate; and sex differences in disclosure. (Author)

The NachNaff scale is a 30-item questionnaire requiring examinees to choose between self-descriptions consistent with either need for achievement or need for affiliation. The NachNaff scores were positively correlated with grade point average for both sexes (n= 164). (Author/PN)

The construct validity of the holistic-analytic continuum in information processing strategies was generally supported by an evaluation of the following instruments: (1) the Inventory of Learning Processes; (2) the Human Information Processing Survey; (3) the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator; and (4) the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. Subjects were…