Factor Analytic Procedures for Assessing Social Desirability in Binary Items

Multivariate Behavioral Research
Pere J Ferrando

Abstract

This article proposes and describes factor-analytic procedures for assessing and controlling socially desirable responding in binary personality items. The basic procedures are applications of the restricted (confirmatory) item factor analysis model for ordered-categorical variables. Orthogonal and oblique solutions based on marker variables are discussed. Next, the basic procedures are extended so that validity relations with external non-test variables can be assessed. Two empirical applications are given, and the substantive implications of the results are discussed.

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Jul 31, 2009·Multivariate Behavioral Research·Pere J Ferrando, Cristina Anguiano-Carrasco
Mar 31, 2010·Multivariate Behavioral Research·Walter L Leite, Lou Ann Cooper
Apr 7, 2011·The British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology·Urbano Lorenzo-Seva, Pere J Ferrando
May 5, 2017·Frontiers in Psychology·Massimiliano PastoreLuigi Lombardi

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