Research

One of my long-term interests is understanding the nature of response biases in non-cognitive assessments, and suggest effective ways of combating them. Specific topics include: To overcome limitations of current models for faking, that assume that faking behaviour is consistent (individual fakes all items consistently) and varies only between person, I proposed a “Faking as […]

Ipsative (or relative-to-self) questionnaires ask respondents to compare sets of two or more stimuli from the same domain, such as behaviours, values or interests. For example, to measure occupational interests, respondents may be asked to indicate their preference for two or more activities such as (A) planting roses, (B) receiving telephone calls, or (C) building