Open AccessSEPARATE SET AND CONTENT SCORES FOR PERSONALITY AND ATTITUDE SCALES 1
Author(s) -
Messick Samuel
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
ets research bulletin series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2333-8504
pISSN - 0424-6144
DOI - 10.1002/j.2333-8504.1961.tb00894.x
Subject(s) - respondent , content (measure theory) , set (abstract data type) , personality , psychology , mathematics , test (biology) , statistics , social psychology , combinatorics , computer science , mathematical analysis , paleontology , political science , law , biology , programming language
Helmstadter's (1957) formulas for obtaining separate set and content components of a test score were modified for use with personality and attitude scales. The revised formulas for scoring content (C) and set (S) arec =R AN A+R BN B‐ 1 ,s =R AN A‐R BN B1 ‐ | c |,where R A is the number of items keyed A that are marked A by the respondent, R B , is the number of items keyed B and marked B, and N A and N B are the number of items keyed A and B, respectively.