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ERIC Number: EJ125076
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1975
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The Relative Validity of Scales Prepared by Naive Item Writers and Those Based on Empirical Methods of Personality Scale Construction
Jackson, Douglas N.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, 35, 2, 361-70, Sum 75
Two major purposes were to (1) appraise the extent to which relatively naive item writers can produce valid personality scales, and (2) compare these scales with scales derived from other strategies, particularly those employing empirical methods using an external criterion. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Experience, Personality Measures, Statistical Analysis, Test Construction, Test Reliability, Test Validity
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