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Determining Cutoffs for the Psychometric Synonym Analysis to Detect IER

Barnes, Tyler
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1535364525682746

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2018, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Wright State University, Human Factors and Industrial/Organizational Psychology PhD.
The validity of individual responses is required for valid inferences drawn from data. Insufficient Effort Responding (IER; Huang, Curran, Keeney, Poposki, & DeShon, 2012) is one possible threat to individual response validity. There are many methods to detect IER, but the Psychometric Synonyms Index, despite its practical utility, is understudied. The purpose of this study is to provide recommendations for its use that are empirically grounded. Using a simulation, I found that the strength of the within-pair correlations used for inclusion into the index, the number of pairs, the type of random responding, the correlation between the pairs, the skewness of the data, and IER severity with an individual case have an impact on the psychometric index and by extension the cut-off one should use for classifying cases as IER or careful. Recommendations for the index depend on the situation.
David LaHuis, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Gary Burns, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Nathan Bowling, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Scott Moore, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
117 p.
Psychology
Insufficient Effort Responding; Simulation; Psychometric Synonyms; Correlation

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  • Barnes, T. (2018). Determining Cutoffs for the Psychometric Synonym Analysis to Detect IER [Doctoral dissertation, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1535364525682746

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Barnes, Tyler. Determining Cutoffs for the Psychometric Synonym Analysis to Detect IER. 2018. Wright State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1535364525682746.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Barnes, Tyler. "Determining Cutoffs for the Psychometric Synonym Analysis to Detect IER." Doctoral dissertation, Wright State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1535364525682746

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