A More Nuanced View of Reliability Specificity in the Trait Hierarchy

Retest reliability is a better predictor of validity than is internal consistency. One explanation for this is item-specific variance, which distinguishes different nuances of a facet and contributes to retest reliability but not internal consistency. Specific variance at the facet level is temporal...

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Published in:	Personality and social psychology review Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 97 - 112
Main Author:	McCrae, Robert R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.05.2015 SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:	Humans Measures Personality Personality Inventory Personality psychology Personality tests Personality traits Psychometrics Reliability Reproducibility of Results Specificity Statistics as Topic Validation studies Five-Factor Model consensual validation scalar equivalence scale development reliability
ISSN:	1088-8683, 1532-7957, 1532-7957
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