Paper-and-Pencil and Web-Based Testing: The Measurement Invariance of the Big Five Personality Tests in Applied Settings

Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 243-246

  Vecchione, Michele ^a   Alessandri, Guido ^a   Barbaranelli, Claudio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

applicants; Big Five; measurement invariance; paper and pencil tests; personnel selection; web based tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNET; MALE; PAPER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WRITING;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PAPER; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WRITING;

EID: 84861793079     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191111419091     Document Type: Article

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