ITEM RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS IN ATTITUDE AND PERSONALITY MEASUREMENT: A REACTION TO L. G. ROPER'S 'THE GREAT RESPONSE-STYLE MYTH'.

Abstract

However defined, response style is not a myth. Responses to personality items are the result of, among other things, (a) item content (b) social desirability of this content, (c) form in which this content is stated, proportion of each form of statement in an inventory, (d) the desire to dissimulate with respect to the content, and (e) response style. Responses to form of statement--reversed items--conform perfectly to 1 definition of response bias. The differences in correlational and other characteristics of sets of reversed items are a major cause for the confounding and confusion in the interpretation of studies of social desirability and acquiescence. The great need is for external validation studies in relation to the factors that influence personality item responses.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0646772

Entities

People

  • Edward A. Rundquist

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavior And Behavior Mechanisms
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Human Behavior
  • Inventory
  • Measurement
  • Memory Devices
  • Nervous System Diseases
  • Neurobehavioral Manifestations
  • Personality
  • Validation

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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  • Educational Psychology
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.