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Peer reviewedHattie, John – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1983
It is argued that the tendency to omit items is a deviant response characteristic. Three studies using a self-actualization measure are outlined. Persons who omitted items did so because of fatigue, confusion with some items, unpreparedness to disclose information, and/or because they may not trust the researcher with certain information.…
Descriptors: Adults, Fatigue (Biology), Individual Differences, Personality Measures
