Personality assessment: Does the medium matter? No

Siang Chee Chuah; Fritz Drasgow; Brent W. Roberts

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2005.01.006

Personality assessment: Does the medium matter? No

Siang Chee Chuah, Fritz Drasgow, Brent W. Roberts

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Abstract

The equivalence of an Internet administration of personality tests with two other administration formats was assessed using Item Response Theory (IRT) and various other statistical methods. The analyses were conducted on measures of Neuroticism, Extroversion, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness. A total of 728 participants took part in the study. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three administrative conditions: paper-and-pencil, proctored computer lab, and unproctored Internet. Analyses with IRT, factor analysis, criterion-related validity, and mean differences supported the equivalence of Internet and traditional paper-and-pencil administrations of personality tests.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	359-376
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of Research in Personality
Volume	40
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2005.01.006
State	Published - Aug 2006

Keywords

Big 5
Computer-based testing
DIF
IRT
Internet testing
Measurement equivalence
Personality assessment
Proctored testing

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Social Psychology
General Psychology

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