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Career Instrument Analysis:

16 Personality Factor Questionnaire

Jackie Diliddo

Christina DiPaola

Identification Information

• First published in 1949

• 5th Edition (Current Edition) published in 1994

• By Raymond B Cattell, A. Karen S. Cattell, & Heather E.P. Cattell

• Specimens in the administrative package

1. Administration manual

2. Technical manual

3. Interpretation and clinical practice

4. Test booklet

5. Answer sheet

6. Four scoring keys

7. General population norm table

8. Individual record form

• 185 items in instrument

• Forced choice Likert Scale questionnaire with three varying options

• End results measure personality types

• Administered by Psychologists and Counselors

• Test takes approximately 35-50 minutes

• Available for individuals 16 and older

• 5th grade reading level

• Paper and pencil or computer administered

• For cost information, see appendix A

• Available now for purchase at

Parametric Information

Reliability

• Consistency of results over time (test-retest reliability for 2 weeks the mean was.80 for N=204 for 2 month interval the mean was .70 for N=159)

• Internal consistency of test items (0 denotes 0 consistency in reliability, 1 denotes perfect internal consistency in reliability)

16 Personality Factor Items (see appendix B for details regarding each factor)

• Warmth (.69)

• Reasoning (.75)

• Emotional stability (.79)

• Dominance (.68)

• Liveliness (.73)

• Rule-consciousness (.77)

• Social boldness (.87)

• Sensitivity (.79)

• Vigilance (.73)

• Abstractedness (.78)

• Privateness (.77)

• Apprehension (.80)

• Openness to change (.68)

• Self reliance (.79)

• Perfectionism (.74)

• Tension (.76)

• The overall mean was .76

• High reliability accounts for its popularity

Validity

• Construct validity was improved by correlating with the 4th edition and a correlation of .53 (p ................
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