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An Investigation of Response Bias in the Chapman Scales.
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Peltier, B. David; Walsh, James A. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1990
The major response sets that can adversely affect the validity and usefulness of trait scales are briefly described. Using data from 228 college students, representative response set measures were then used to assess the degree to which scores on 4 of the Chapman Scales are determined by content-irrelevant factors. (TJH)
Descriptors: College Students, Diagnostic Tests, Higher Education, Item Bias
Stability of Response Process and Response
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Kuncel, Ruth Boutin; Fiske, Donald W. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1974
Four hypotheses regarding stability of response process and response in personality testing are tested and supported. (RC)
Descriptors: College Students, Item Analysis, Personality Measures, Response Style (Tests)
General and Specific Objections to the MMPI.
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Gallucci, Nicholas T. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986
This study evaluated the degree to which 102 undergraduate participants objected to questions on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) which referred to sex, religion, bladder and bowel functions, family relationships, and unusual thinking in comparision to degree of objection to length of the MMPI and repetition of questions.…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Personality Measures, Psychological Evaluation
The Reliability and Classification Stability of the Learning Style Inventory.
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Sims, Ronald R. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986
The Learning Style Inventory (LSI) and the newly revised Learning Style Inventory (LSI II) were examined for internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and stability of the four classifications resulting from their scores. Internal consistency was improved in LSI II, but problems with low test-retest indices and classifications stability…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style, College Students, Higher Education
The Differential Formation of Response Sets by Specific Determiners
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Jones, Phillip D.; Kaufman, Gary G. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1975
Different forms of a vocabulary test were administered to college students. Results indicated that as the frequency of specific determiners increased, they formed increasingly strong but differential guessing response sets in high and low scoring groups; however, the magnitude of the effect was much stronger for position specific determiners.…
Descriptors: College Students, Cues, Guessing (Tests), Higher Education
Self-Ratings in Attitude Measurement: Resistance to Short-Term Recalibration and Contrast.
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Maurer, Todd J.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1990
One implication of attitude self-ratings, that scales may become recalibrated transiently, was investigated conservatively using hypothesized shifts of data from 368 college students rating the desirability of taking senior comprehensive examinations. Results support the validity and reliability of simple graphic rating scales as measures of…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Students, Graphs, Higher Education
The Development and Validation of Scores on the Mathematics Information Processing Scale (MIPS).
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Bessant, Kenneth C. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1997
This study reports on the development and psychometric properties of a new 87-item Mathematics Information Processing Scale that explores learning strategies, metacognitive problem-solving skills, and attentional deployment. Results with 340 college students support the use of the instrument, for which factor analysis identified five theoretically…
Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Factor Analysis