Constructing Fake-Resistant Personality Tests Using Item Response Theory High-Stakes Personality Testing with Multidimensional Pairwise Preferences
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2012
Keywords
item response theory, IRT, personality, faking, pairwise preference, forced choice, computerized adaptive testing, CAT, high stakes
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195387476.003.0061
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the problem of faking in high stakes personality testing and potential psychometric remedies. Following a brief summary of the effects of faking and methods that have been used to detect or correct for faking post hoc, a recent item response theory approach to creating fake-resistant personality tests is described, and the effectiveness of this approach to test construction and scoring is demonstrated via Monte Carlo simulation. Empirical evidence supporting the use of this methodology in field settings is then presented, along with a description of an ongoing natural experiment being conducted in a military applicant screening context.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Constructing Fake-Resistant Personality Tests Using Item Response Theory High-Stakes Personality Testing with Multidimensional Pairwise Preferences, in M. Ziegler, C. McCann & R. D. Roberts (Eds.), New Perspectives on Faking in Personality Assessments, Oxford University Press, p. 215-239
Scholar Commons Citation
Stark, Steve; Chernyshenko, Oleksandr S.; and Drasgow, Fritz, "Constructing Fake-Resistant Personality Tests Using Item Response Theory High-Stakes Personality Testing with Multidimensional Pairwise Preferences" (2012). Psychology Faculty Publications. 1980.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/1980
