Detecting Faking on a Personality Instrument Using Appropriateness Measurement

摘要: Research has demonstrated that people can and often do consciously manipulate scores on personality tests. Test constructors have responded by using social desir ability lying scales in order to identify dishonest re spondents. Unfortunately, these approaches had limited success. This study evaluated the use of appropri ateness measurement for identifying respon dents. A dataset was analyzed which respondents were instructed either answer honestly or fake good. The item response theory approach classified a higher number faking at low rates misclassification honest (false positives) than did de sirability scale. At false positive rates, desirability slightly better. Implications operational testing suggestions further research are provided.