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Reliability and External Validity of Personality Test Scores: The Role of Person and Item Error

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    Identificador: imarina:9216312
    Autors:
    Ferrando, Pere JNavarro-Gonzalez, David
    Resum:
    Background: This article explores the suitability of a proposed Dual model, in which both people and items are sources of measurement error, by assessing how the test scores are expected to behave in terms of marginal reliability and external validity when the model holds. Method: Analytical derivations are produced for predicting: (a) the impact of person and item errors in the amount of marginal reliability and external validity, as well as the occurrence of ceiling effects; (b) the changes in test reliability across groups with different average amounts of person error, and (c) the phenomenon of differential predictability. Two empirical studies are also used both as an illustration and as a check of the predicted results. Results: Results show that the model-based predictions agree with existing evidence as well as with basic principles in classical test theory. However, the additional inclusion of individuals as a source of error leads to new explanations and predictions. Conclusions: The proposal and results provide new sources of information in personality assessment as well as of evidence of model suitability. They also help to explain some disappointing recurrent results.
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    Autor segons l'article: Ferrando, Pere J; Navarro-Gonzalez, David
    Departament: Psicologia
    Autor/s de la URV: Ferrando Piera, Pere Joan / Navarro González, David
    Paraules clau: Reproducibility of results Reproducibility Personality tests Personality test Personality measurement Personality disorders Personality disorder Personality Person fluctuation Marginal reliability Item discrimination Humans Human External validity Differential predictability
    Resum: Background: This article explores the suitability of a proposed Dual model, in which both people and items are sources of measurement error, by assessing how the test scores are expected to behave in terms of marginal reliability and external validity when the model holds. Method: Analytical derivations are produced for predicting: (a) the impact of person and item errors in the amount of marginal reliability and external validity, as well as the occurrence of ceiling effects; (b) the changes in test reliability across groups with different average amounts of person error, and (c) the phenomenon of differential predictability. Two empirical studies are also used both as an illustration and as a check of the predicted results. Results: Results show that the model-based predictions agree with existing evidence as well as with basic principles in classical test theory. However, the additional inclusion of individuals as a source of error leads to new explanations and predictions. Conclusions: The proposal and results provide new sources of information in personality assessment as well as of evidence of model suitability. They also help to explain some disappointing recurrent results.
    Àrees temàtiques: Serviço social Psychology, multidisciplinary Psychology (miscellaneous) Psychology (all) Psychology Psicología Interdisciplinar General psychology Educação Ciencias sociales
    Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: perejoan.ferrando@urv.cat
    Identificador de l'autor: 0000-0002-3133-5466
    Data d'alta del registre: 2024-10-12
    Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Enllaç font original: http://www.psicothema.com/english/psicothema.asp?id=4672
    URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referència a l'article segons font original: Psicothema. 33 (2): 259-267
    Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Ferrando, Pere J; Navarro-Gonzalez, David (2021). Reliability and External Validity of Personality Test Scores: The Role of Person and Item Error. Psicothema, 33(2), 259-267. DOI: 10.7334/psicothema2020.346
    DOI de l'article: 10.7334/psicothema2020.346
    Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Any de publicació de la revista: 2021
    Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications
  • Paraules clau:

    Psychology,Psychology (Miscellaneous),Psychology, Multidisciplinary
    Reproducibility of results
    Reproducibility
    Personality tests
    Personality test
    Personality measurement
    Personality disorders
    Personality disorder
    Personality
    Person fluctuation
    Marginal reliability
    Item discrimination
    Humans
    Human
    External validity
    Differential predictability
    Serviço social
    Psychology, multidisciplinary
    Psychology (miscellaneous)
    Psychology (all)
    Psychology
    Psicología
    Interdisciplinar
    General psychology
    Educação
    Ciencias sociales
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