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Ferrando, Pere J.; Lorenzo-Seva, Urbano; Chico, Eliseo – Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
This article proposes procedures for simultaneously assessing and controlling acquiescence and social desirability in questionnaire items. The procedures are based on a semi-restricted factor-analytic tridimensional model, and can be used with binary, graded-response, or more continuous items. We discuss procedures for fitting the model (item…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Response Style (Tests), Questionnaires, Test Items
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Thompson, A. H. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1975
The hypothesis was advanced that questionnaire measures of Psychoticism (P) may represent an estimate of randomness in responding, rather than reflecting reactions to item contents. Results showed P did not correlate with measures of random. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Mental Disorders, Neurosis
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Loo, Robert – Psychology: A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior, 1980
Results of statistical analyses suggest that high lie-scorers respond honestly, and that the Lie Scale for the Eysenck Personality Inventory may reflect a personality dimension of interest rather than an extraneous and undesirable factor to be eliminated. (Author)
Descriptors: Discriminant Analysis, Multidimensional Scaling, Personality Measures, Personality Traits
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Velicer, Wayne F.; Stevenson, John F. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1978
A Likert seven-choice response format for personality inventories allows finer distinctions by subjects than the traditional two-choice format. The Eysenck Personality Inventory was employed in the present study to test the hypothesis that use of the expanded format would result in a clearer and more accurate indication of test structure.…
Descriptors: Forced Choice Technique, Higher Education, Personality Measures, Rating Scales