For a Test Item to Be Useful for Assessing Personality

question 53

True/False

For a test item to be useful for assessing personality, it is necessary that all test takers have the exact same interpretations of the items.

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Definitions:

Confederate

An individual who is part of an experiment but pretends to be a participant while working for the researcher, often used to manipulate social interactions.

Social Desirability Bias

The tendency of respondents to answer questions in a manner that will be viewed favorably by others, potentially leading to inaccuracies in surveys or experiments.

Honesty Measure

A tool or method used to assess the degree of truthfulness and integrity in an individual's responses or actions.

Personality

The combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character.