A Comparison of the Psychometric Properties of the Forced Choice and Likert Scale Versions of a Personality Instrument. (March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Joubert, Tina; Inceoglu, Ilke; Bartram, Dave; Dowdeswell, Kim; Lin, Yin
• Is Part Of: International journal of selection and assessment. Volume 23:Number 1(2015:Mar.)
• Page Start: 92
• Page End: 97
• Publication Date: 2015-03
• Subjects: Employee selection -- Periodicals; Personality and occupation -- Periodicals; Employment interviewing -- Periodicals; Prediction of occupational success -- Periodicals; Employees -- Rating of -- Periodicals; 658.3112
• DOI: 10.1111/ijsa.12098
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0965-075X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>The present research investigated if an item response theory (IRT)‐scored forced‐choice personality questionnaire has the same normative data structures as a similar version that uses a 5‐point Likert scale instead. The study was conducted using a sample of 349 training delegates who completed both an IRT‐scored forced‐choice and a normative single‐stimulus version of the questionnaire. Results largely supported the scaling properties, measurement precision, and equivalence of the data structures of the two scoring methods.</p> </abstract>