Creating a parallel test for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator using item response theory

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dc.contributor.authorThomas, Leslie A.en
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:38:38Zen
dc.date.adate2009-06-16en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:38:38Zen
dc.date.issued1994en
dc.date.rdate2009-06-16en
dc.date.sdate2009-06-16en
dc.description.abstractA number of studies have concluded that the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) measures four general dimensions of personality; however, their findings also suggest that the MBTI's scales could benefit from improvements in their measurement precision. The degree to which the addition of newly constructed items to the Form F item pool would improve the measurement precision of the four primary MBTI scales was assessed. Using item response theory (IRT) to quantify each scale's performance, findings indicate that the new items substantially increased the test information functions (TIFs) and decreased the standard errors of measurement (SEM), especially in the critical area around the type cutoff scores (e.g., SEMs for scales containing the original plus new items were approximately half the size produced by the original MBTI items). The potential benefits of this increased measurement precision were discussed with respect to a number of applied testing issues.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvi, 121 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-06162009-063341en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06162009-063341/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/43339en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1994.T5664.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 32717610en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1994.T5664en
dc.subject.lcshMyers-Briggs Type Indicatoren
dc.titleCreating a parallel test for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator using item response theoryen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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