The Equivalence of Online and Paper-Pencil Measures of Emotional Intelligence

摘要: Improved access to the Internet along with technological advances in hardware and software are prompting social scientists move their research pursuits from laboratory into cyberspace. While evidence suggests that online is equivalent if not superior traditional offline (i.e., paper-pencil [PP]) methods (Buchanan & Smith, 1999; Campos et al., 2011; Lonsdale 2006; Meyerson Tryon, 2003; Naus 2009; Preckel Thiemann, 2003), caution urged summarily generalizing results one format another. To address of key limitations measurement error), scholars have begun examine reliability validity test formats. In studies matched or paired samples who completed electronic PP measures various psychological constructs (e.g., personality, burnout, intellectual giftedness), suggest comparable psychometric properties, factor structure, outcomes across data collection 2003).