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- Neal Schmitt
- Michigan State University
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- Daniel M. Stuits
- Quaker Oats Company
説明
<jats:p> A frequently occurring phenomenon in factor and cluster analysis of personality or attitude scale items is that all or nearly all questionnaire items that are nega tively keyed will define a single factor. Although sub stantive interpretations of these negative factors are usually attempted, this study demonstrates that the negative factor could be produced by a relatively small portion of the respondents who fail to attend to the negative-positive wording of the items. Data were generated using three different correlation matrices, which demonstrated that regardless of data source, when only 10% of the respondents are careless in this fashion, a clearly definable negative factor is gener ated. Recommendations for instrument development and data editing are presented. </jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- Applied Psychological Measurement
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Applied Psychological Measurement 9 (4), 367-373, 1985-12
SAGE Publications
