GOTTFRIED, Jaroslav, Lukáš MICHELE and Stanislav JEŽEK. Proximity of Items Does Not Necessarily Affect Their Correlation : Two Failed Replications of Item Proximity Effect. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. Boston: Hogrefe Publishing, vol. 38, No 4, p. 282-292. ISSN 1015-5759. doi:10.1027/1015-5759/a000661. 2022.
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Original name Proximity of Items Does Not Necessarily Affect Their Correlation : Two Failed Replications of Item Proximity Effect
Authors GOTTFRIED, Jaroslav (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Lukáš MICHELE (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Stanislav JEŽEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition European Journal of Psychological Assessment, Boston, Hogrefe Publishing, 2022, 1015-5759.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50101 Psychology
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 2.500
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14230/22:00124961
Organization unit Faculty of Social Studies
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000661
UT WoS 000683388100001
Keywords in English item proximity effect; item order; item distance; replication
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
In this paper, we attempted to detect the effect of provided answers on those that succeed them, the “item proximity effect,” within a questionnaire with randomized item order for each respondent. In two studies, we administered personality inventories to two samples of mostly undergraduate students, consisting of 742 and 205 respondents, respectively. We expected to see a strong item proximity effect that quickly diminishes with higher item distances, but we found no evidence of such effect in the data. Thus, we failed to conceptually replicate the findings of previous studies. After discussing the probable causes for these discrepancies, we argue that a general item proximity effect does not need to be considered a major factor when employing and evaluating common psychological inventories with randomized item order for research purposes.
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MUNI/A/1491/2020, interní kód MUName: DOMOV a DOTAZOVÁNÍ: 2021 (Acronym: DODO)
Investor: Masaryk University
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