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This article explores the major issues in personality assessment, including the theoretical versus psychometric base, nature versus nurture, culture bias, and fairness. It discusses various aspects of personality, ways of assessing personality, and response options in tests. It also covers the classification and evaluation of personality tests, including factors such as uni-dimensional or multi-dimensional tests, theoretical or psychometric approaches, and administration methods. The article concludes with an overview of the evaluation of personality tests, including construct validity, reliability, and factor structure.
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Major Issues • Theoretical vs. Psychometric base • Nature vs. Nurture • Administration • Culture bias? Free? Fair?
Aspects of Personality • State • Trait • Type • Profile
Ways of Assessing Personality • Observation • Interview • Case Study • Physiological Measure • Survey • Introspection • Projection
Response options • Likert scale • Forced choice • Checklist • Q sort • Fill in the blank • Sentence completion • Open ended • Performance • Behavioral observation
Classification of Personality Tests • Uni-dimensional or Multi-dimensional • Theoretical or Psychometric (data reduction) Factor Analysis or Criterion Reference • Normal or Abnormal Traits • Group or Individual Administration • Oral or Written • Self/Other Report or Behavioral • Objective or Projective
Evaluation of Personality Tests • Construct • Developmental Information • Standardization Information • Norms • Administration Information • Psychometrics reliability - validity - factor structure • Reviews