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ERIC Number: EJ365482
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Scale Bias as a Factor in Mood Adjective Checklists.
Campbell, J. F.; Tiller, Dale K.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v47 n3 p553-62 Fall 1987
A visual analogue mood scale was developed that included an option indicating subjects didn't understand the meaning of an adjective in an item. The item content significantly affected responses, raising questions about the adequacy of recently proposed affective taxonomies that were based on restricted samples of emotion-descriptive adjectives. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Affective Measures, Check Lists, Comprehension, Forced Choice Technique, Higher Education, Item Analysis, Rating Scales, Response Style (Tests), Semantic Differential, Test Bias, Test Theory, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Mood Adjective Checklist (Nowlis); Visual Analogue Measures