| Investigating the functioning of a middle category by means of a mixed-measurement model. | |
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PMID: 15327354 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Researchers have studied whether there are classes of people who differ systematically in the way they respond to polytomous ordered scales with a middle category such as ?. The mixed-partial credit model was fitted to a number of scales of a personality questionnaire. Most of the scales fit better with the use of 2 latent subpopulations. The most consistent difference among the latent classes was related to the functioning of the middle response category. For most of the examinees, the probability of choosing the middle category was very close to zero, but a nonnegligible percentage of people selected this category with much higher probability. The total scores from the 2 subpopulations were incommensurate. Some personality factors contributed to explaining class membership. |
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Authors:
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Ana Hernández; Fritz Drasgow; Vicente González-Romá |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Journal of applied psychology Volume: 89 ISSN: 0021-9010 ISO Abbreviation: J Appl Psychol Publication Date: 2004 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2004-08-25 Completed Date: 2004-10-25 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0222526 Medline TA: J Appl Psychol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 687-99 Citation Subset: IM |
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(c) 2004 APA |
Affiliation:
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Departmnet of Methodology of Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. ana.hernandez@uv.es |
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Humans Individuality Models, Statistical* Personality Inventory / statistics & numerical data* Psychometrics / statistics & numerical data Reproducibility of Results |
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