Some properties of ipsative score matrices and their relevance for some current interest tests

Radcliffe, J. A.

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“…Accomplishments in the same field were positively related, and accomplishments in different fields varied in their relationships, some being positively related and others negatively related; there results within and between areas are inconsistent with the predominantly negative relations that would occur with ipsative measures (Hicks, 1970;Radcliffe, 1963).…”

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“…Given the absence of pseudoipsativity, which would complicate analyses of the questionnaire data (Hicks, 1970;Radcliffe, 1963), and the correspondence between the factors in these data and in factor analyses of other kinds of measures, the results based on the questionnaire data appear to provide a better insight into what this device is actually measuring. It is evident that the accomplishments domain is factorially complex.…”

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“…The upshot is that associations of accomplishment measures with each other, even those within the same area, as well as with other variables may be affected, paralleling what happens with explicit ipsative measures (e.g., predominantly negative intercorrelations among ipsative measures and near-zero average correlations with normative variables; Hicks, 1970;Radcliffe, 1963). Such pseudoipsativity could complicate studies of the reliability, dimensionality, and validity of accomplishment measures, as well as the procedures used to develop such devices.…”

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“…Accomplishment measures may be "pseudoipsative" in nature (Werts, 1967). The measurement process does not explicitly involve intra-individual comparisons that produce literal ipsativity (Cattell, 1944;Hicks, 1970;Radcliffe, 1963), but an analogous pseudoipsativity may occur because of the finite nature of people's time and energy. A person who devotes himself or herself to one activity (e.g., writing novels) may simply not have the resources to do another activity (e.g., writing poems, doing scientific experiments).…”

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Measuring Accomplishments: Pseudoipsativity, Quantity vs. Quality, and Dimensionality

Stricker¹,

Rock²

1996

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This study examined three questions about measures of accomplishments–notable attainments that have been publicly recognized: their pseudoipsativity, the correspondence between quantity and quality scores, and their dimensionality. Comparable samples of graduate students described their accomplishments on a questionnaire or judged the similarity of the same accomplishments. Accomplishments in the same field were positively correlated, while accomplishments in different fields varied in their correlations, some being positive and others being negative; these results are inconsistent with the predominantly negative correlations that would occur with ipsative measures. Measures of the quantity and quality (importance, rarity) of accomplishments correlated highly, after correction for attenuation, and appeared to assess the same thing. And analyses of the self‐report data found that accomplishments were factorially complex, with many of the same factors identified in other kinds of measures appearing; the factors observed in the judgment data largely corresponded to the semantic features of the accomplishment items.

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1996

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“…Before proceeding to discuss these relations, however, we must issue a caveat: In addition to the problems of interpreting correlations for 15 measures based upon such small sample sizes, the EPPS imposes some structural constraints upon the sizes of the correlation coefficients by virtue of its ipsative format. One of the properties of such an ipsative test is that the sum of the covariances between these 15 scales and some other "criterion" score is zero, and when the ipsative scale variances are constant, the sum of the "criterion ll correlations is also zero (Radcliffe, 1963). Thus, these ipsative covariances may be considered to be covariances for the needs measured in a non-ipsative or normative way with the average normative covariance subtracted.…”

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Affect and Expectation1

Rosenhan¹,

Messick²

1964

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Four groups of Ss were exposed to a probability learning situation in which they guessed which of two stimuli would next appear. One set of stimuli contained angry and smiling faces, while the other or neutral set contained big and little kangaroos. When the input ratio was 70 per cent angry faces to 30 per cent smiling faces, Ss markedly underestimated the dominant input. When the ratio was reversed (70 per cent smiling, 30 per cent angry), expectancies for the dominant stimulus approximated objective input. Thus, relative preferences for the stimuli appeared to dictate expectations. Expectancy curves for the relatively neutral kangaroos fell between the curves for the affective stimuli. Considerable interindividual variability was found for affective expectancies. These individual differences were tentatively associated with personality differences.

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Set Scores and Forced‐choice Tests1,2

Hofstee¹

1964

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Forced‐choice adjective checklists of heterogeneous content, together with an intelligence test and personality questionnaire scales, were administered to samples of 448 Dutch naval and 815 army recruits. Ratings of these subjects by superiors were obtained at the end of the basic military training period. The forced‐choice tests, scored for unpopular responses, correlated significantly with the ratings in both samples; the same was true for the intelligence measure, but not for the questionnaire scales. It was concluded that desirability sets, which influence forced‐choice test response, are related to nontest behavior; and it was suggested that the forced‐choice format may derive its relative effectiveness from its sensitivity to such tendencies.

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Some properties of ipsative score matrices and their relevance for some current interest tests

Abstract: To cite this article: J. A. Radcliffe (1963) Some properties of ipsative score matrices and their relevance for some current interest tests, Australian Journal of Psychology, 15:1, 1-11To link to this article: http://dx.

Cited by 27 publications

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Measuring Accomplishments: Pseudoipsativity, Quantity vs. Quality, and Dimensionality

Measuring Accomplishments: Pseudoipsativity, Quantity vs. Quality, and Dimensionality

Affect and Expectation1

Set Scores and Forced‐choice Tests1,2

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