Leite,Walter
2006-01-09 17:40:43 UTC
Mike,
You should check my recent article about the Marlowe-Crowne Social
Desirability Scale (MCSDS):
Leite, W. L. & Beretvas, S. N. (2005). Validation of scores on the
Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale and the Balanced Inventory of
Desirable Responding. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 65(1),
140-154.
It is a dimensionality study of the MCSDS and its several short forms
using Confirmatory Factor Analysis with an appropriate estimator for
dichotomous items (WLSMV, available in MPLUS).
Enjoy,
Walter L. Leite, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research and Evaluation Methodology
Department of Educational Psychology
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
________________________________________
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PO Box 117047
Gainesville, FL 32611
Phone: (352) 392-0723 EXT.240
Fax: (352) 392-5929
Website: http://plaza.ufl.edu/leitewl/
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 15:59:09 +0100
From: Wolfgang Rauch <***@PSYCH.UNI-FRANKFURT.DE>
Subject: Social Desirability, Crowne & Marlowe
Hi,
just today I came across this citation:
@article{S.Natasha Beretvas08012002,
author = {Beretvas, S. Natasha and Meyers, Jason L. and Leite, Walter
L.},
title = {{A Reliability Generalization Study of the Marlowe-Crowne
Social Desirability Scale}},
journal = {Educational and Psychological Measurement},
volume = {62},
number = {4},
pages = {570-589},
doi = {10.1177/0013164402062004003},
year = {2002},
abstract = {A reliability generalization (RG) study was conducted for
the Marlowe-Crowne SocialDesirability Scale (MCSDS). The MCSDS is the
most commonly used tool designed toassess social desirability bias
(SDB). Several short forms, consisting of items from theoriginal 33-item
version, are in use by researchers investigating the potential for SDB
inresponses to other scales. These forms have been used to measure a
wide array of populations.Using a mixed-effects model analysis, the
predicted score reliability for male adolescentswas .53 and the
reliability for men's responses was lower than that for
women's.Suggestions are made concerning the necessity for further
psychometric evaluations ofthe MCSDS.
},
URL = {http://epm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/62/4/570},
eprint = {http://epm.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/62/4/570.pdf}
}
But it is not a SEM study, and I did not see them mentioning the
dichtomous response format. If nothing else, at least you can learn more
about the spelling ;-)
Wolfgang
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You should check my recent article about the Marlowe-Crowne Social
Desirability Scale (MCSDS):
Leite, W. L. & Beretvas, S. N. (2005). Validation of scores on the
Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale and the Balanced Inventory of
Desirable Responding. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 65(1),
140-154.
It is a dimensionality study of the MCSDS and its several short forms
using Confirmatory Factor Analysis with an appropriate estimator for
dichotomous items (WLSMV, available in MPLUS).
Enjoy,
Walter L. Leite, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research and Evaluation Methodology
Department of Educational Psychology
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
________________________________________
1403 Norman Hall
PO Box 117047
Gainesville, FL 32611
Phone: (352) 392-0723 EXT.240
Fax: (352) 392-5929
Website: http://plaza.ufl.edu/leitewl/
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 15:59:09 +0100
From: Wolfgang Rauch <***@PSYCH.UNI-FRANKFURT.DE>
Subject: Social Desirability, Crowne & Marlowe
Hi,
just today I came across this citation:
@article{S.Natasha Beretvas08012002,
author = {Beretvas, S. Natasha and Meyers, Jason L. and Leite, Walter
L.},
title = {{A Reliability Generalization Study of the Marlowe-Crowne
Social Desirability Scale}},
journal = {Educational and Psychological Measurement},
volume = {62},
number = {4},
pages = {570-589},
doi = {10.1177/0013164402062004003},
year = {2002},
abstract = {A reliability generalization (RG) study was conducted for
the Marlowe-Crowne SocialDesirability Scale (MCSDS). The MCSDS is the
most commonly used tool designed toassess social desirability bias
(SDB). Several short forms, consisting of items from theoriginal 33-item
version, are in use by researchers investigating the potential for SDB
inresponses to other scales. These forms have been used to measure a
wide array of populations.Using a mixed-effects model analysis, the
predicted score reliability for male adolescentswas .53 and the
reliability for men's responses was lower than that for
women's.Suggestions are made concerning the necessity for further
psychometric evaluations ofthe MCSDS.
},
URL = {http://epm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/62/4/570},
eprint = {http://epm.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/62/4/570.pdf}
}
But it is not a SEM study, and I did not see them mentioning the
dichtomous response format. If nothing else, at least you can learn more
about the spelling ;-)
Wolfgang
Hey Everybody,
I'll put my 2 cents (CDN) in on this topic, but in the meantime I
have a question on something a bit different. I need some references
on recent (or any) psychometric work on the Crowne-Marlow social
desirability scale (including the spelling of the authors' names).
This topic seems perfect for SEM since the presumed latent (social
desirability) should affect the measures of other interesting
constructs but may or may not be related to the constructs
themselves. (I.e., social desirability, if it exists, is one form of
"crud" referred to in previous messages.) Since the items are
dichotomous (binary), I would expect recent work on the scale would
take this into account in the analysis (i.e., by using either
polychoric correlations or related strategy).
Mike Gillespie
--------------------------------------------------------------I'll put my 2 cents (CDN) in on this topic, but in the meantime I
have a question on something a bit different. I need some references
on recent (or any) psychometric work on the Crowne-Marlow social
desirability scale (including the spelling of the authors' names).
This topic seems perfect for SEM since the presumed latent (social
desirability) should affect the measures of other interesting
constructs but may or may not be related to the constructs
themselves. (I.e., social desirability, if it exists, is one form of
"crud" referred to in previous messages.) Since the items are
dichotomous (binary), I would expect recent work on the scale would
take this into account in the analysis (i.e., by using either
polychoric correlations or related strategy).
Mike Gillespie
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