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Using the Internet for psychological research: Personality testing on the World Wide Web
Abstract
The Internet is increasingly being used as a medium for psychological research. To assess the validity of such efforts, an electronic version of Gangestad & Snyder's (1985) revised self‐monitoring questionnaire was placed at a site on the World Wide Web. In all, 963 responses were obtained through the Internet and these were compared with those from a group of 224 undergraduates who completed a paper‐and‐pencil version. Comparison of model fit indices obtained through confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the Internet‐mediated version had similar psychometric properties to its conventional equivalent and compared favourably as a measure of self‐monitoring. Reasons for possible superiority of Internet data are discussed. Results support the notion that Web‐based personality assessment is possible, but stringent validation of test instruments is urged.
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- Authors
- Buchanan, T., & Smith, J. L.
- Venue
- British Journal of Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1999-02
- Volume
- 90
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 125-144
- ISSN
- 0007-1269 (ISSN-L)
- 2044-8295
- OpenAlex
- W1990666378
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- 594
- References
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- 29.85
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- journal article
- Language
- en
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- closed
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