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... ratings . Since the ratings of a person depend to some extent on the level of other - desirability held by the rater , this is a source of unreliability . Obviously this bias would lead to some faulty decisions about people in applied ...
... ratings . Since the ratings of a person depend to some extent on the level of other - desirability held by the rater , this is a source of unreliability . Obviously this bias would lead to some faulty decisions about people in applied ...
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... ratings ( e.g. , the tendency to make extreme ratings ) could cloud the comparative informa . tion in such ratings . Also , the tendency of subjects to shift sets ( e.g. , to respond more favorably as they proceed from rating to rating ) ...
... ratings ( e.g. , the tendency to make extreme ratings ) could cloud the comparative informa . tion in such ratings . Also , the tendency of subjects to shift sets ( e.g. , to respond more favorably as they proceed from rating to rating ) ...
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... rating scales rather than points near the middle of the scale . This hypothesis grew out of findings that there are small correlations between degrees of extremeness of ratings made by subjects on different rating tasks , e.g. , on ratings ...
... rating scales rather than points near the middle of the scale . This hypothesis grew out of findings that there are small correlations between degrees of extremeness of ratings made by subjects on different rating tasks , e.g. , on ratings ...
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CHAPTER | 2 |
TWO scaling models Types of responses required of subjects | 31 |
THREE validity Predictive validity Content validity Construct validity | 75 |
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