Middle class bias in personality testing. |
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Authors: | Hoffman, Martin L. Albizu-Miranda, Carlos |
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Abstract: | "The higher neurotic tendency scores obtained by the working class on the Bernreuter were found to be accounted for by a third of the inventory items. These items were found to be biased in one of the following ways: (a) they reflected middle-class values, mostly middle-class masculine values… ; (b) their connotations were sufficiently obvious to allow the middle class to benefit from their greater test motivation. We conclude that working-class scores on the inventory are spuriously high." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
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Keywords: | middle class personality testing motivation test scores psychometrics |
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