Confirmatory bias in evaluating personality test information: Am I really that kind of person?

1993/01/01 by Michael J. White, Daniel R. Brockett, Belinda G. Overstreet · 1 citation
Psychology · #Applied psychology #Clinical psychology #Confirmatory factor analysis #Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies #Optimism, Hope, and Well-being #Personality #Personality Assessment Inventory #Personality Traits and Psychology #Personality test #Psychology #Psychometrics #Social psychology #Statistics #Structural equation modeling #Test (biology) #Test validity

paper · doi:10.1037/0022-0167.40.1.120

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• Confirmation bias [wikipedia]