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Peer reviewedFiske, Donald W.; Barack, Leonard I. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1976
The diversity among interpretations of single items in personality questionnaires has been noted previously. Using adjectives from the Adjective Check List (ACL), the study sought evidence bearing on these questions: Does such diversity make the responses to an item not comparable across subjects? If so, what are the implications for scores based…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Check Lists, Individual Differences, Item Analysis
