Scale Construction and Psychometrics for Social and Personality Psychology (The SAGE Library of Methods in Social and Personality Psychology) by Mike Furr

Author:Mike Furr [Furr, Mike]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781446244906
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2011-02-15T05:00:00+00:00

Summary

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This chapter has addressed issues that threaten the psychometric quality of scale scores and the clarity of their psychological meaning. Response biases such as acquiescence bias and social desirability bias systematically obscure psychological differences among individuals, or they artificially create apparent differences where none truly exist. Similarly, test biases obscure psychological differences among groups of people, or they artificially create apparent group differences where none truly exist. Researchers have developed procedures for handling or detecting both types of problems. Researchers and readers should always be aware of these potential threats and consider their implications for statistical results and psychological conclusions.

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