Item placement on a personality measure: Effects on faking behavior and test measurement properties

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 348-369

  McFarland, Lynn A ^a   Ryan, Ann Marie ^b   Ellis, Aleksander ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RECUMBENCY; UNITED STATES; ACCURACY; CONSCIENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FORGERY; JOB ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECEPTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0035987078     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327752JPA7802_09     Document Type: Article

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